Const Law II: Civil Rights

Semester: Fall 2018
Course ID: 381C
Credit Hours: 3
Unique: 28855

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed (JD only)
Will use floating mean GPA if applicable

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective
Reversed priority

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
WED, THU	2:15 - 3:30 pm	JON 5.206/7

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
	December 18, 2018

Description

This course will concentrate on the 1st and 14th amendments. Topics to be covered include: (1) free exercise of religion and establishment of religion; (2) freedom of speech; (3) privacy, including issues relating to abortion and sexual orientation; and (4) racial and sex discrimination, including issues related to affirmative action. Emphasis will be placed on the political theory or theories that best explain and justify constitutional doctrines.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

Constitutional Law *

Sullivan and Feldman

Thomson-West , edition: 19th
ISBN: 9781634594479

Religious Freedom and the Constitution *

Eisgruber and Sager

Harvard , edition: pb
ISBN: 0-674-02305-6

2018 Supp. to Constitutional Law *

Sullivan and Feldman

Thomson-West , edition: pb

Instructors

Abramson, Jeffrey B

Important Class Changes

Date	Updated
11/30/2018	Exam information updated

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