Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

4 Credits

A continuation of themes, issues, and debates of the previous semester (Constitutional Law and Politics). This course addresses the major cases and controversies within several legal domains, including the freedoms of and from religion; freedom of speech; freedom of association; freedom of the press; the right to bear arms; the rights of criminal defendants and suspects; the right to privacy; capital punishment; and, the equal protection of the law. Attribute/Distribution: SS