Constitutional Law II

HU Course No. 621; CRN 88425
Prof. Steven Jamar

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Please note that although the syllabus shows what is planned, the course is unlikely to follow the schedule exactly. This syllabus is subject to change to address current events, ongoing developments in the law, and to meet the students' needs as perceived by the professor during the semester.

Jamar, Constitutional Law: Power, Liberty, Equality (Aspen/Wolters Kluwer 2017) ISBN 978-1-4548-7032-6

Jamar, 2020 Supplement to Constitutional Law: Power, Liberty, Equality (pdf download)

Other supplemental materials to be provided by the professor from time to time.

Recommended Books

Additional Perspectives

Brian Landsberg and Leslie Jacobs, Global Issues in Constitutional Law (Thompson West 2007)

Sanford Levinson, Our Undemocratic Constitution:  Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (and How We the People Can Correct It) (Oxford University Press 2006) (paperback edition 2007)

Study Aids

Allan Ides & Chistopher N. May, Examples and Explanations: Constitutional Law: Individual Rights (7th ed., Wolters Kluwer 2015)

Syllabus

Please note that the syllabus shows what is planned at the start of the course.  The course is unlikely to follow this schedule exactly.

First Assignments

First class:

Constitution: Articles 1, 2, 3 & Amends. 1, 5, & 14. Jamar, Part I; Ch. 1; Ch. 2: Marbury v. Madison (1803), pp. 15-31

Watch the documentary film: "13th" (2016) (Netflix)

Second and third classes:

Equal Protection Foundations: Jamar, Ch. 2 Section §2.5: Race and the Constitution, pp. 96-139
Equal Protection Basics:  Jamar, Part IV, pp. 601-605; Ch. 13 Equal Protection §§13.1-13.3, pp. 605-626

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last updated 10 Aug 2020