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Remedies

Remedies - Professor Tomás Gómez-Arostegui

Course Number: LAW-120
Course Type: Foundational
Credits: 3
Enrollment Limit: Determined by the Registrar
Description: This class cuts across disciplines to examine the question of what courts do to remedy problems litigants bring to their attention. This class primarily examines how courts work to achieve goals of “corrective justice” while also emphasizing the instrumental impact of remedies; that is, how remedies can create incentives for future actors (and potential litigants). We look at both “private” remedies (tort, contract, etc.) as well as “public remedies” such as civil rights actions in which plaintiffs seek broad injunctive relief. Topics include: compensatory damages, injunctions, declaratory judgments, punitive damages, restitution, statutory remedies, and bars to relief.
Prerequisite: none
Evaluation Method: Final Examination
Capstone: no
WIE: no

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