Advanced study in law and society with specific topics to be announced.

We will focus on social interaction in private and political life, with special emphasis on how laws and social norms shape our interaction. We’ll separate between methods of devising policy, and methods of devising ‘rules of the game’, such as representation, voting mechanisms, separation of powers, speech governance, and the like. A special emphasis will be placed on interactive learning through participating in games (both online and in-class) and discussion of the dynamics of decision-making present within each game.Towards this purpose, students will be asked to register to a course-specific website through which problem sets will be posted. Participation in games should facilitate learning – both in pushing students to tackle strategic questions within each game, and in requiring thought as to real-life situations in which similar dynamics arise. Students will be encouraged to tease out how people of opposing views might interpret and answer similar questions differently. Finally, students will be asked to devise conversational norms that would allow productive discussion of contentious issues they are familiar with. We’ll stress the difficulty of respecting opposing views and life experiences, while debating the issues and deepening understanding

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