Free Law Courses

In this complete, 12-lecture video course from Harvard University, Professor Michael Sandel presents his popular course which explores difficult moral dilemmas and how we respond to them.

This quarter focuses on crime and punishment in the colonial era, the emergence of theories of popular sovereignty, the forging of the Constitution and American federalism...

In this introductory subject, students examine legal institutions and practices such as law making and interpretation of laws. The law of contract and its place in commercial law, notably the law of the sale of goods, comprise the body of the unit.

American Contract Law I (along with its sister course Contracts II) provides a comprehensive overview of contract law in the United States.

Can you trademark red shoe soles? Can you really get a patent on a rectangular cell phone shape? Do artists and musicians need over a century of copyright protection for their works?

This course is an introduction to copyright law and American law in general.

Can law change human behavior to be less environmentally damaging?

This course is a variant of Harvard University's introduction to computer science, CS50, designed especially for lawyers (and law students).

Selected problems in the history of the relationship between religious beliefs and practice and legal institutions in America from the Civil War to the present.

This course explores the imposition of the death penalty in the United States with particular attention to the influence of race and poverty, and the disadvantages of mental illness or intellectual disability of those facing death.