Advanced Constitutional Law: 1st Amendment
Course Information
- Course Number
- L6407
- Curriculum Level
- Upperclass
- Areas of Study
- Constitutional Law
- Type
- Lecture
- Additional Attributes
- LLM NY Bar Exam Qualifier
Section 001 Information
Instructor
Lee C. Bollinger
President Emeritus and Seth Low Professor of the University
Section Description
Exploring the birth and breadth of modern First Amendment jurisprudence, this course examines the evolution of the constitutional right of freedom of speech and press in the United States, addressing case law on extremist or seditious speech, hate speech, obscenity, libel, fighting words, symbolic speech, the public forum doctrine, campaign finance, and public access to the mass media.
- School Year & Semester
- Fall 2024
- Location
- JGH 107
- Schedule
-
Class meets on
- Tuesday
- Thursday
- Points
- 3
- 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
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in the historical development of law and legal institutions
- At the end of the course, students will have acquired understanding of and/or facility in comparative law analysis of legal institutions and the law
Course Limitations
- Instructor Pre-requisites
- None
- Instructor Co-Requisites
- None
- Requires Permission
- No
- Recommended Courses
- None
- Other Limitations
- None