Constitutional Law
Course Information
- Course Number
- L6133
- Curriculum Level
- Foundation
- Areas of Study
- Constitutional Law
- Type
- Lecture
Section 002 Information
Instructor

Section Description
This is the basic course in Constitutional law, a foundation for more specialized courses on the Constitution and for public law courses generally. The course explores: the major justifications for establishing political structures and individual rights by means of a written Constitution; alternative methods and strategies of Constitutional interpretation; judicial review, and its legal and political significance; the federal system, the growth of national power and of limitations on state authority, and the resurgence in judicial protection of state power; the separation of powers and checks and balances among major branches of the federal government; and the theory and content of individual rights under the Constitution, including the development of several principal rights by Constitutional amendment and judicial interpretation.
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2023
- Location
- JGH 102a
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Points
- 4
- Method of Evaluation
- Exam
- J.D Writing Credit?
- No
Learning Outcomes
- Primary
-
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in a specific body of law, including major policy concerns
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in doctrinal analysis, including close reading of cases and precedents, and application to facts
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in jurisprudential considerations in legal analysis
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Requires Permission
- No
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- None