Capital Punishment Seminar

3 credits · Law School

This seminar will explore the legal framework governing the imposition of capital convictions and sentences in the United States and the complicated set of doctrinal tensions and normative questions that accompany it. Through this course, students will gain a basic understanding of capital punishment doctrine; explore how it operates in practice and how it relates to modern cases and debates surrounding the death penalty; and think critically about the legal principles undergirding capital punishment as well as the social, economic, and political forces affecting its imposition. Enrollment limited. [3]