Constitutional Law: 1st Amend (LAW-605-002)
Wermiel
Notices
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Description
The history and a contemporary interpretation of this amendment. Completes a survey of basic constitutional law begun in LAW-503.
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The casebook for this course will be Stone, Seidman, Susntein, Tushnet, Karlan THE FIRST AMENDMENT, 2d Edition (Aspen, 2003).
First Class Readings
Mon., Aug. 20:
- Introduction, p. 1-18 (Note: Emphasis in the course will be on cases more than law review excerpts. For this first assignment, though, please grapple with the theoretical and historical material.)
- Early cases, incitement, p. 19-48
Syllabus
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