LAW-2423 Advanced Topics in Constitutional Law: Equal Protection and Due Process
This course offers an in-depth examination of racial and ethnic inequality under U.S. Constitutional Law, with particular attention to the Fourteenth Amendments Equal Protection & Due Process Clauses. The primary focus will be on issues of discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, and national origin in a wide range of social and legal contexts. Attention will also be given to the intersection between racialized status and other classifications such as sex, gender, sexual orientation, and class. Specific topics to be considered will include residential and educational segregation; affirmative action; criminal justice; voting; health care; marital, familial, and reproductive rights; and the history, purpose, and jurisprudential development of the Fourteenth Amendment. Throughout the course, students will be invited to reflect upon the role of lawyers and courts in promoting equality, and on the ways in which American legal and societal structures may enable or constrain those efforts. Grades will be based upon class participation and each students choice of either a final paper or a final examination.
Prerequisite
Student has completed any of the following course(s) LAW 156 - Constitutional Law, LAW 158 - Constitutionl Law II, LAW 552 - CONST LAW II