Const Law II: Civil Liberties

Semester: Fall 2020
Course ID: 381C
Credit Hours: 3
Unique: 28234

Course Information

Grading Method: Pass/Fail Allowed (JD only)
Will not use floating mean GPA

Registration Information

Upperclass-only elective
Reversed priority

Meeting Times

Day	Time	Location
TUE, THU	2:40 - 3:55 pm	ONLINE

Evaluation Method

Type	Date	Time	Location
Floating take-home exam (administered by Exam4)

Description

This course will be taught entirely online via Zoom.

This course will be taught synchronously as a web-based course.

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 *

Feldman and Sullivan

WEst , edition: 20th
ISBN: 9781684672158k

Religious Freedom and the Constitution *

Eisgruber and Sager

Harvard , edition: pb
ISBN: 0674045823

Instructors

Abramson, Jeffrey B

Important Class Changes

Date	Updated
11/16/2020	Exam information updated
	Room(s) changed

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