| Program Name: |
Law and Legal Institutions |
| Director: |
J. Ralph Lindgren |
| Program Address: |
Law and Legal Institutions Program
Philosophy Department
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA 18015
215/758-3775 |
| Program Type: |
Minor |
| Program Status: |
The Law and Legal Institutions Program offers undergraduates
an 18 credit hour interdisciplinary minor. The Program also sponsors the Tresolini Lecture
Series. |
| Statement of Intellectual Structure: |
| "The law is an all-pervasive feature of our culture. It affects
every aspect of our public and private lives. It shields us against violence, enables us
to conduct commerce, structures our family relationships, protects us against governmental
abuses, and provides the ultimate framework for deciding our more serious disputes. An
understanding of such a basic institution as law is essential for every educated citizen. Lehigh's
Law and Legal Institutions minor is a multidisciplinary program that helps students attain
a sound working knowledge of the basic features of legal systems. The minor is open to
students from all colleges and in every curriculum. Its component parts are designed to
introduce students to the history of our legal system, to inform them about its key
aspects and to develop those logical, analytical, and critical skills necessary to make
use of that information. All students who minor in the program enroll in
‘Introduction to Law’ and ‘Practical Logic’ during their first two
years, and a directed research course as a senior project." |
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| Program Curricular Organization: |
Two required introductory courses, one capstone course, and
three additional courses from two categories (Case Method and Non-Case Method). |
| Required Courses: |
Practical Logic
Introduction to Law
Legal Research Special Topics
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| Sample of Elective Courses: |
Case Method
Constitutional Law
Civil RightsNon-Case Method
Philosophy of Law
American Constitutional and Legal History
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| Experiential Component: |
None |
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