Fall 2007 Course Schedule

Constitutional Law: 1st Amend (LAW-605-002)
Wermiel

Meets: 06:00 PM - 07:50 PM (MW) - Room 100

Enrolled: 41 / Limit: 60

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Note: The syllabus has been edited (8/1); please download the new version if you downloaded it prior to 8/1.

Description

The history and a contemporary interpretation of this amendment. Completes a survey of basic constitutional law begun in LAW-503.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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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:

  1. 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.)
  2. Early cases, incitement, p. 19-48

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