Const Law II: Election Law

Semester: Spring 2014
Course ID: 381C
Credit Hours: 3
Unique: 29650

Course Information

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective
Reversed priority

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
MON, TUE	2:15 - 3:30 pm	JON 6.206

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Final exam	April 30, 2014	8:30 am	A-Z in 2.140

Description

This course will survey the law governing the American political process. We will examine the principles that shape our political institutions and the relationship between democratic procedures and contemporary politics. Our topics will include the individual right to participate, the regulation of political parties, the Voting Rights Act, and political and racial gerrymandering. There will be a scheduled exam.

Textbooks ( * denotes required )

The Law of Democracy *

Samuel Issacharoff; Pamela S. Karlan; Richard H. Pildes

Foundation Press , edition: 4th (2012)
ISBN: 9781599419350

Instructors

Fishkin, Joseph R