Philosophy of Law

Assignments

Assignment examples are courtesy of MIT students, and are used with permission.

TOPICS	STUDENT EXAMPLES
First short paper topics (PDF)	An Analysis of Hart’s Theory of Primary and Secondary Rules (PDF)
Second short paper topics (PDF)	Supporting Wolff’s Anarchism (PDF)
Third short paper topics (PDF)	The Punishment That Leaves Something to Chance Leaves Something Out (PDF) (Courtesy of Colleen T. Rock.)
Final paper topics (PDF)	Paternalism and Irrationality (PDF) Rawls’ Two Concepts of Rules and the Time Inconsistency Problem (PDF)