362.01 State Constitutional Law
Syllabus
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This course will explore the important field of State Constitutional Law. It will focus on State Supreme Court decisions, especially those decisions that have decided important constitutional claims differently from the United States Supreme Court. The focus will be on important constitutional law issues involving voting rights, abortion and other privacy rights, gun regulation, funding of public education, and religious freedom. It will also explore several structural issues relating to State judiciaries and State Constitutions.
70% of the course grade will be based on a three-hour take-home exam. 20% will be based on a 10-page paper on an approved state constitutional law topic. And 10% will be based on class participation.
Special Notes:
*New*
Spring 2024
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Final Exam
Research and/or analytical paper(s), 10-15 pages
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Thomas B. Metzloff | ||
| Sakai site: https://sakai.duke.edu/portal/site/LAW-362-01-Sp24 | |||||
| Email list: LAW-362-01-Sp24@sakai.duke.edu | |||||
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