Status
O
Activity
REC
Title (text only)
PSCI272 - AMER CON LAW II
Term
2018A
Subject area
PSCI
Section number only
205
Section ID
PSCI272205
Meeting times
F 1000AM-1100AM
Meeting location
WILLIAMS HALL 214
Instructors
REGIER, EMILY
Description
This course examines American constitutional development from the eve of WWI through the second Obama administration. Topics include the growth of the New Deal and a Great Society regulatory and redistributive state, struggles for equal rights for racial and ethnic minorities, women and GLBT Americans, contests over freedoms of religion and expression, criminal justice issues, the Reagan Revolution and the revival of federalism and property rights, and issues of national security powers after September 11, 2001. Lectures are on videos and class time is devoted to in-depth discussions.
Course number only
272
Use local description
No