POLT 301 - Seminar: Constitutional Law: First Amendment

This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Law and Society
Next Offered: 2014-2015
Semester Offered: First Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4SS

Contemporary First Amendment theory and practice. Topics include: First Amendment and the Internet; speech and symbolic action in public forums; hate speech; offensive and pornographic speech; free exercise of religion and separation of church and state; equal protection and speech rights; government as speaker: arts grants and social policy; social construction and constitutional change; and balancing, feminist, and absolutist approaches to the First Amendment. Wide choice of paper topic.
Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: R. Kahn
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: One of the following courses, POLT 103, 119, 201, 202, 203, 204, 226, 270, 271, 409, or consent of instructor.