Survey of Individual Rights in Constitutional Law

SLN #: 86509
Course Prefix: LAW-625
Course Section: 1001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Bolick
Course Books: View List of Books

Course Description:
The course will survey individual rights protected by the United States Constitution other than those covered in Criminal Procedure. Specific areas will include rights protected by the First Amendment (freedom of speech and the press, the free exercise of religion and the prohibition against its establishment); the Second Amendment (the right to keep and bear arms); the Fourteenth Amendment (substantive due process and equal protection). In addition, at the instructor’s discretion, the course might cover the Contracts Clause and the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

• If you take the survey course then you are welcome to take either or both of the separate courses (1st amendment & 14th amendment)
• If you take one of the separate courses then you should take the other separate course (if that course is not available then you can take the survey course)
• If you have taken both the separate courses then you may not take the survey course.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class - Completely Secure
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.