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Fall 2020 Course

Constitutional Law: First Amendment

Prerequisite: None

Exam Type: Please refer to the Fall 2020 Tentative Exam Schedule

This course explores the constitutional law of freedom of expression, association, and religion under the First Amendment. Topics for discussion include advocacy of unlawful conduct, defamation, commercial speech, obscenity and pornography, offensive speech, expressive association, the regulation of campaign finance, and the free exercise and establishment of religion.

Textbook(s):
The First Amendment, Sixth Edition
Geoffrey R. Stone, Louis M. Seidman, Cass R. Sunstein, Mark V. Tushnet, Pamela S. Karlan
ISBN: 9781543807806