Readings. Our textbook is Richard A Epstein’s Simple Rules for a Complex World. In addition, we will read several classic legal essays this semester, including our all-time favorites “The Path of the Law” by Oliver Wendell Holmes and Federalist Paper #10 (on factions).

Law Cases. We will also study the following famous business law cases (past and present): McCulloch v. Maryland; Dodge v. Ford Motor Co.; International News Service v. Associated Press; Kellogg Co. v. National Biscuit Company; Sony v. Universal; Banco Nacional v. Sabbatino; and Facebook v. ConnectU.

Films. Lastly, we will also sit back, relax, and screen a number of movies with legal themes in order to see “the law in action,” so to speak, including The Social Network; The Insider; Hot Coffee; Judgment at Nuremberg; and various episodes of the hit TV show Entourage.