2024 Fall

LEGALST 138 001 - LEC 001

The Supreme Court and Public Policy

Kyle Deland

Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024

Mo, We, Fr

02:00 pm - 02:59 pm

Valley Life Sciences 2040

Class #:27350

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Letters & Science Legal Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 1

Enrolled: 149

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 150

Waitlist Max: 60

Open Reserved Seats:

1 reserved for Students with 3 or more Terms in Attendance

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 8 hours of outside work hours per week, and 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

This course examines a number of leading U.S. Supreme Court decisions in terms of what policy alternatives were available to the Court and which ones it chose. Prospective costs and benefits of these alternatives and who will pay the costs and who gets the benefits of them are considered. Among the areas considered are economic development, government regulation of business, national security, freedom of speech and discrimination. Readings are solely of Supreme Court decisions.