Spring 2011 Course Schedule

American Political Process (LAW-680-001)
Vela, Boles

Meets: 06:00 PM - 07:50 PM (W) - Room 524

Enrolled: 23 / Limit: 50

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Textbooks and Other Materials

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Required texts to be purchased are the following; they are available in paperback at very reasonable cost from online vendors such as Amazon.com:

  • “That’s Not What We Meant to Do: Reform and Its Consequences in 20th Century America,” by Steven M. Gillion, 2002
  • “The Most Democratic Branch: How the Courts Serve America,” by Jeffrey Rosen, 2006
  • “Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror,” by Benjamin Wittes, 2009
  • “The Meaning of Matthew: My Son’s Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed,” by Judy Shepard, 2009

    First Class Readings

    Week one: Introduction to course

  • Meet members, introduce faculty and goals; assign topic for week two.

    • Week two: Setting the stage

  • Read: Gillion, Introduction, Chapter 1, and conclusion