Justice and the Constitution

3 credits · Undergraduate

Is the Constitution just? To what extent does the Constitution embody and protect justice to individuals and groups in our society? To answer these questions, this course examines the ways in which the Constitution advances and protects different aspects of justice, including procedural justice, retributive justice, distributive justice, libertarian justice, and racial and gender-based justice. The materials will include foundational philosophical work on these different aspects of justice and Supreme Court doctrines that bear on these issues. The overriding goal is to understand the Constitution’s account of justice. Prerequisite/Corequisite: ULAW 1000. [3]