Topics in Politics: Legal and Political

3 units

This course is designed to be a readings and discussion course in Supreme Court decisions. The focus is on extensive coverage of the court's decisions in particular subject areas and their relationship to political and social factors and to public policies. The purpose of the course is to expose students in the social sciences to the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court as indicators of political and sociological phenomena. PREREQUISITE: PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR ONLY.