Schauer served for 18 years as Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, where he was the academic dean and acting dean and was previously Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. "The Theory and Practice of Legal Reasoning" concerns the argumentative devices lawyers use, and will integrate philosophical and jurisprudential perspectives with real cases and practical insights to try to produce deeper and greater understanding of rules and rule-based decision-making, precedent, and legal authority. A leading expert on the First Amendment, constitutional law, and legal philosophy, Schauer is the author of numerous books including "The Law of Obscenity" (BNA, 1976), "Free Speech: A Philosophical Enquiry" (Cambridge, 1982), "Playing By the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of Rule-Based Decision-Making in Law and in Life" (Clarendon/Oxford, 1991), "Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes" (Belknap/Harvard, 2003), and "Thinking Like a Lawyer: A New Introduction to Legal Reasoning" (Harvard, 2009). He is also co-editor of "The Philosophy of Law: Classic and Contemporary Readings" (1996) and "The First Amendment: A Reader" (1995), and author of numerous articles on constitutional law and theory, freedom of speech and press, legal reasoning, and the philosophy of law. During his visit, Professor Schauer will also give a lecture as part of the Preeminent Public Law Scholars Series. "Professor Schauer is simply an outstanding scholar. He has taught at the best law schools in the world and his work is studied internationally," said Professor Grant Huscroft. "We are looking forward to his visit immensely."
Intensive courses 2010-11
Frederick Schauer to teach intensive course in legal reasoning
Professor Frederick Schauer, the David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, will be teaching "The Theory and Practice of Legal Reasoning" at Western Law in the Fall 2010 term. Professor Schauer's course will be taught intensively over a one week period, following the model developed last year with Professor John Finnis's course.
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