Assignment for Fri 4/7: pp. 421-432
Assignment for Mon 4/10: pp. 432-440

Coleman’s paper is a direct response to Posner’s. He structures it around Posner’s and explains the structure clearly, so I will confine myself to suggesting what you should focus on for each class. Since the way Coleman presents his view in this paper is influenced by Posner’s criticisms in the paper you have just read, it would be a good idea to review those (on pp. 197-198 in Posner) before reading Coleman.

The basis for Coleman’s position is outlined in his first section (pp. 422-428). Friday’s class will be focused on that section but, to even out the reading, I’d suggest you continue on to the discussion of Epstein in the second section (i.e., to pp. 429-432) and we will give that some attention, too.

The focus of Monday’s class will be Coleman’s direct response to Posner in the third section (pp. 436-440), but we will also give some attention to his discussion of Fletcher’s views (pp. 432-435) and you should certainly think through the end of section II (pp. 435-436), where Coleman compares his view to Epstein’s and Fletcher’s.