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Last update: Sean Davidson, J.D. (24.01.2024)
This course focuses on judicial decisions in various cases involving the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion. Students will be required to analyse U.S. Supreme Court decisions and form legal arguments in both class discussions and formal moot court debate exercises. This course concerns the following issues relating to the First Amendment: presence of religious symbols in public places; freedom of the press (including both news gathering and leaking); obscene and indecent expression; religious and political expression in the workplace. The objectives of this course are: 1) to deepen students’ understanding of U.S. interpretation of freedom of expression; 2) to provide students the context to compare and assess various approaches to such issues; 3) to provide the framework for students to determine the appropriate boundaries of individual freedoms; and 4) to aid students in acquiring and using sophisticated legal English vocabulary and grammar. This course is designed as a follow-up to the winter semester course titled "Legal Reasoning: First Amendment Case Law", yet naturally this course covers different topics and entirely new cases and principles that are not covered in the winter semester course. |
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Last update: Sean Davidson, J.D. (24.01.2024)
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Last update: Sean Davidson, J.D. (24.01.2024)
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Week 10: regulation of social media and related issues Course Goals:
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(In case distance learning is required due to government closure of universities, then Zoom will be used.) |
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Last update: Sean Davidson, J.D. (24.01.2024)
Rethinking the Constitutionality of Ceremonial Deism, Steven B. Epstein, Columbia Law Review Vol. 96 No. 8 (December 1996) NSA Metadata Collection and the Fourth Amendment, Joseph D. Mornin, Berkeley Technology Law Journal Vol. 29 Issue 4 (2014) The First Amendment, Geoffrey Stone (et al.), Aspen Publishers (2008) May it Please the Court: The First Amendment, Peter Irons (Editor), The New Press (1997)
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