Fall 2005 Course Schedule

Constitutional Law: 1st Amend (LAW-605-001)
Raskin

Meets: 01:30 PM - 03:20 PM (MW) - Room 100

Enrolled: 76 / Limit: 90

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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.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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The First Amendment, Cases, Comments, Questions, Third Edition by Shiffrin and Choper published by West and the 2005 Supplement.

First Class Readings

For the first class on Monday, August 22, please (1) identify one case or doctrine that you studied in a first-year course--Contracts, Torts, Criminal Law, Property, Civil Procedure, or Constitutional Law--which you think has implicit First Amendment implications and dimensions; and (2) complete one of the following sentences: "I believe the freedom of speech is absolute because. . ." OR "I believe the freedom of speech is not absolute because. . ." The course syllabus will be distributed and posted on Monday, August 22. The casebook is Steven Shiffrin and Jesse Choper's The First Amendment--Cases-Comments-Questions (West) (3rd ed.) and 2005 supplement, as well as a class supplement that you should buy on the third floor. I look forward to seeing you.

Syllabus

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