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PL
218 REVISED SYLLABUS 9/20/04
Week
4—Liberty and Moral Enforcement
M,
Sep. 27—Mill's Theory
W,
Sep. 29— The Hart/Devlin Debate
Readings:
J. S. Mill, from On Liberty (A)
Devlin, “Enforcement of Morals” (A)
Hart, “Law, Liberty, and Morality” (A)
Week
5 ––Privacy
F,
Oct. 1 — The Concept of Privacy and the Abortion Debate
M,
Oct. 4— Group presentations on morality and the law
W,
Oct. 6— Sexual Privacy
Readings:
Bork,
“Right of Privacy” (A)
Griswold v. Connecticut (A); Roe
v. Wade (VC)
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (VC)
Bowers v. Hardwick (VC); Lawrence
v. Texas (A)
F,
Oct. 8 — The Unity of the First
Amendment
M,
Oct. 11— Group presentations on privacy
W,
Oct. 13— Free Speech
Readings:
Cohen
v. California; Texas v. Johnson (A)
Collin v. Smith (VC)
U.S.
v. O'Brien (VC)
F, Oct. 15 — Censorship and Pornography
Readings:
Miller
v. CA; N.E.A. v. Finley (VC)
Amer.
Booksellers v. Hudnut (A)
Feinberg,
“Obscenity” (A)
MacKinnon,
“Pornography” (A)
M,
Oct. 18— No class; mid-semester break
W, Oct. 20—Religious Freedoms
Readings:
Wisconsin
v. Yoder (VC)
Employment Div. V. Smith; Wallace
v. Jeffree (VC)
Bd.
Of Ed. V. Mergens; Edwards v. Aguillard (VC)
Newdow
v. U.S. (A)
F,
Oct. 22— No class EXAM
DUE
M,
Oct. 25 – Group presentations on hate speech
Weeks
8-9—Justice
W,
Oct. 27— Justice and Equality
Readings:
Rawls,
from A Theory of Justice (R)
Westen,
“Equality” (A)
F,
Oct. 29 –– Employment Discrimination
Readings:
Civil
Rights Act (1964), Title VII (R)
U.S.
v. Virginia (A)
California Fed. Savings v. Guerra (VC)
International
Union UAW v. Johnson Controls (VC)
M.
Nov. 1— Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Readings:
May and Hugues, "Is Sexual Harassment Coercive" (R)
Merritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
; Harris v. Forklift Systems (VC)
W,
Nov. 3— Affirmative Action
Readings:
Nagel,
"”Affirmative Action” (A)
Steele,
“Affirmative Action” (A)
F,
Nov. 5–– Group presentations: affirmative action in admissions
Readings:
The Coalition v. Wilson
(VC)
Grutter v. Bollinger (A)
Week
10—Responsibility
M, Nov. 8—Actions and their Consequences
W, Nov. 10—Torts
F, Nov. 12— Strict liability
Readings:
Hart
and Honore, "Tracing Consequences" (A)
Palsgraf
v. The L.I. Railroad; Lynch v. Fisher (A)
Thompson, “The Decline of Cause”
(A)
Holmes, “Fault Requirement in Tort”
(A)
Holden
v. Walmart (A)
Weeks
11- 12— Criminal Law
M,
Nov. 15— The Nature of Crimes
W,
Nov. 17— Criminal Intent (ESSAY TOPICS DUE)
F,
Nov. 19 – Group presentations on criminal strict liability
Readings:
People
v. Dlugash (A)
Husak, “Intent” (A)
Kadish, “Criminal Law” (A)
M,
Nov. 22—Excuses and Justifications
Readings:
State
v. Liedholm (A)
Rosen,
“Battered Woman Defense” (A)
M,
Nov. 29—Insanity
Readings:
State
v. Cameron (A)
Morris, “Insanity” (A)
Morse, “Excusing the Crazy” (A)
W, Dec. 1— Utilitarian Theories of Punishment
Readings:
Bentham,
“Utilitarian Theory” (A)
Rawls, “Two Concepts of Rules” (R)
F,
Dec. 3— Retribution Theory
Readings:
Morre,
“Argument for Retributivism” (A)
Locker
v. Andrade (A)
M,
Dec. 6 — For Capital Punishment
Readings:
Van den Haag, "Death Penalty" (A)
Gregg
v. Georgia (A)
W,
Dec. 8— Against Capital Punishment (INDIVIDUAL ESSAYS DUE)
Bedau, “Reply to van den Haag” (A)
Furman v. Georgia (VC); Coker v. Georgia (VC)
F. Dec. 10 –- Capital Punishment Debate: “Is capital
punishment warranted for the most grievous crimes?”