Review of the U.S. Supreme Court's Recent Term (9281)
(08/16/2021-12/11/2021)
Prerequisite Courses
Course | Description | Credits | Course Type Code |
---|---|---|---|
611 | Constitutional Law I | Credits: 3 | Crs Type: R |
Co-Requisite Courses
Course | Description | Credits | Course Type Code |
---|---|---|---|
5550 | Upper-Level Writing Workshop | 0 | R |
612 | Constitutional Law II | 3 | R |
Course Memo
This seminar will focus on a collection of decisions from the most recent U.S. Supreme Court term. The decisions will be studied and analyzed along several dimensions, including the Court’s approach to methods of constitutional and statutory interpretation as well as substantive legal areas of interest such as executive power, the Bill of Rights, and the role of precedent. The course will also consider what the decisions reveal about the ever-changing role of the Court in the American system of government.
Pre-requisites: Constitutional Law I & II,
Students who have taken course number 928 are not eligible to take this course.
Students who have completed 27 credits may use this course to satisfy their upper-level writing requirement. If taking for ULW, must concurrently register for Upper-Level Writing Workshop unless the Workshop has already been successfully completed.