Moral Foundations of Law II

Class One—Property 
1. Moral Foundations of Private Law by Gordley, James 
2. History of Plymouth Plantation by Bradford, William 
3. John Locke, Second Treatise On Government (1690) 
4. Blackstone, Commentaries On Th e Laws of England (On Property) (1765) 
5. Palmer v. Mulligan, 3 Cai. R. 307 (N.Y. 1805) 
6. Van Ness v. Pacard, 27 U.S. 137 (1829) 
7. Parker & Edgarton v. Foote, 19 Wendell 309 (N.Y. 1838) 
8. Parham v. Justices of Inferior Court, 9 Ga. 341 (1851) 
9. The Higher Law Background of the Law of Eminent Domain by Grant, J.A.C. 
10. John Phillip Reid’s Law for the Elephant: Property and Social Behavior on the Overland Trail
       (Book Review) by Langum, David J. 
11. Surrocco v. Geary, 3 Cal.69 (Cal. 1853) 
12. Irwin v. Phillips, 5 Cal. 140 (Ca. 1855) 
13. Merrill and Smith, “Th e Morality of Property,” 48 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1849 (2007) 
14. ‘Government Project’ Review: Big Dreams. Bitter Harvest by Leslie Lenkowsky 
15. The Unheavenly Farm Review of Government Project by Edward C. Banfi eld 

Class Two—Contract 
16. The Records of the Federal Convention (1787) 
17. Federalist Paper No. 44 
18. Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution (1833) 
19. Fletcher v. Peck (U.S. 1810)
20. Seixas & Seixas v. Woods, 2 Cai. R. 48 (N.Y. 1804) 
21. Barnard v. Yates, 1 Nott & McC. 142 (S.C. 1818) 
22. Bradford v. Manly, 13 Mass. 139 (1816) 
23. Henshaw v. Robins, 50 Mass. 83 (1845) 
24. M’Farland v. Newman, 9 Watts 55 (P.A. 1839) 
25. Borrekins v. Bevan, 3 Rawle 23 (Pa 1831) 
26. James Gordley, “Enforcing Promises,” 83 Calif. L. Rev. 547 (1995) (Abridged) 
27. Restatement 2nd of Contracts, Sec. 90 

Class Three—Torts and Legal Theory 
28. G. Edward White, “Th e Intellectual Origins of Torts in America,” 86 Yale L. J. 671 (1977) 
29. Ryan v. New York C. R. Co., 35 N.Y. 210 (1866) 
30. Fent v. Toledo, P. & W. R. Co., 59 Ill. 349 (1871) 
31. Warren & Brandeis, “Th e Right to Privacy,” 4 Harv. L. Rev. 193 (1890) 
32. The Path of the Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell 
33. Natural Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell 
34. Schenck v. U.S., 294 U.S. 47 (1919) 
35. Abrams v. U.S., 40 S.Ct. 17 (1919) 
36. Debs v. U.S., 39 S.Ct. 252 (1919) 
37. Frohwerk v. U.S., 39 S.Ct. 249 (1919) 
38. Buck v. Bell, 47 S.Ct. 584 (1927) 
39. Albert W. Alschuler, “Th e Descending Trail: Holmes Path of the Law 
       One Hundred Years Later, 49 Fla. L. Rev. 353 (1997) 
40. James Gordley, “When Paths Diverge: A Response to Albert Alschuler
       On Oliver Wendell Holmes, 49 Fla. L. Rev. 441 (1997) 

Class Four—The Contracts Clause 
41. Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarter, 209 U.S. 349 (1908)
42. Home Bldg & Loan v. Blaisdell, 290 U.S. 398 (1934)
43. Worthen v. Kavanaugh, 295 U.S. 56 (1935) 
44. City of El Paso v. Simmons , 379 U.S. 497 (1964) 
45. U.S. Trust Co. v. New Jersey , 431 U.S. 1 (1977) 
46. Allied Structural Steel v. Spannaus, 428 U.S. 234 (1978) 
47. Sveen v. Melin, 138 S. Ct. 1815 (2018)

Class Five—Takings 
48. Jackman v. Rosenbaum Co., 43 S.Ct. 9 (1922) 
49. Nectow v. City of Cambridge, 277 U.S. 183 (1928)
50. Eric R. Claeys, “Takings, Regulations, and Natural Property Rights, 88 CNL LR 1549 (2003) 

Class Six 
51. James Gordley, Takings, 82 Tul L. Rev. 1505 (2008) 

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