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Date |
Required
Reading |
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syllabus (adobe.pdf) | Career
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Sept 2 |
Introduction &
Greeting |
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further reference. You may need to hit the Reload/Refresh button to get
the latest version.
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| Sept
7 |
Reiman, CJ
Ethics (intro); Nash, Teaching Ethics |
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| Sept
9 |
Part 1,
Bazelon |
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| Sept
14 |
Part 1,
Katz |
IN CLASS QUIZ #1: The Katz
reading in the textbook on impossible attempts discusses a number of
cases. One case is Commonwealth v Dunnaway. What are the facts of
this case, the problem with the attempted rape charge, and the final
decision of the court (did attempted rape or attempted incest better fit
the facts)?
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| Sept
16 |
Part 2,
Feinberg p 87-88 (skip section 4) & 92 (Mill) - 108
Class will cover substantial
material not in the text
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| Sept
21 |
Part 2,
Drug debate (Trebach and Inciardi) |
PAPER
1 DUE: For this paper, you will need
to read two Washington Post stories that you will (free registration to the site is required). Both of these
articles deal with differences between the U.S. and Canada on a variety of
issues involving paternalism and legal moralism. The first is "Whoa! Canada!"
and the second is "A Tolerance for IV Drug Users".
In a 2-3
page paper, define what legal moralism is, identify the issues raised in
the articles that relate to moralism, and discuss how Canada is different
from the U.S. on these issues. Do the same for paternalism. Make sure to
structure your paper in terms of moralism and paternalism; do not simply
summarize one article, then the next. I realize people have strong
reactions to some of these issues, but the paper is to make sure you
understand the newspaper articles and place them in the framework of
concepts provided by the book. The paper should not be full of your
personal feelings about Canadian policy (our class discussion will give
you a chance to discuss your reactions).
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| Sept
23 |
Part 2, Prostitution (In re P; MacKinnon; Committee for
Prostitutes’ Rights) |
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| Sept
28 |
Part 2,
Hate
Crime (Wisc v Mitchell)
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IN
CLASS QUIZ #2:
Know the basic question in the case of Virginia
v Black,
whether the Court upheld or struck down the law, and at least two of the
Court’s reasons [on the webpage, these are identified as (a) (b) and
(c)]
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| Sept
30 |
Part 2,
Corporate Violence (Reiman, AMA)
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|
| Oct
5 |
Review
& catch up |
- Review Sheet
- BONUS LINK: Read
this article from Findlaw.com The specific question will be to
discuss the basic facts of the case and how the question of consent
related to ideas we have discussed in class so far.
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| Oct
7 |
TEST 1 remember
to be on time because no one will be admitted to take the final after the
first person has left
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| Oct
12 |
Appendix on Codes of Ethics; Part 3, Kleinig; |
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| Oct 14 |
Part 3, Skolnick & Leo |
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| Oct 19 |
Part 3, Marx; US v Tobias; |
IN
CLASS QUIZ #3:
Read the story “The two sides of the Holt rest stop sting
operation.” Your quiz will ask about you to briefly discuss the facts
and the two sides to this controversy. [You do not need to read it
for the quiz, but the bottom of the Michigan
sodomy law info page has news about other similar stings in the area.]
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| Oct 21 |
Part 3, Selective
Enforcement (Kleinig, Reiman) |
Read Part III of Why
Driving While Black Matters,
where the author lists six specific reasons. Part of TEST 2 will include
questions on why the author believes driving while black does
matter. Please know not just the key words ('Distortion of the social
world') but also what this phrase means).
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| Oct 26 |
Part 4, Lawyers’
Ethics - Haskell
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|
| Oct 28 |
Part 4, Amar &
Cochran debate Defendants' Rights
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| Nov 2 |
Part 4,
Weinstein, Kipnis
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IN
CLASS QUIZ #4: Read the Findlaw column A RIGHT OF JURY NULLIFICATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA? and review especially
the section “Why the legal status of jury nullification matters.” Your
quiz will ask you to review the argument in this section.
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| Nov 4 |
Review & catch up |
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| Nov
9 |
TEST
2 remember
to be on time because no one will be admitted to take the final after the
first person has left
The BONUS question is based on a Findlaw.com article, “The
Supreme Court as a Voting Issue: .” The
bonus will ask you to discuss any part of the article EXCEPT the section
on national security – to get credit, you must be discussing issues
related to the Supreme
Court, Constitutional interpretation, etc.
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| Nov
11 |
Part 5,
Treatment of Inmates - Gorman |
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| Nov
16 |
Part 5,
Treatment of Inmates - Newman |
IN
CLASS QUIZ #4: spanking
machines. The quiz will ask about spanking machines:
(1)
what some people see as the problem with whipping and (2) how the spanking
machine could promote the administration of justice.
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| Nov
18 |
Part 5: National Council of Churches on death penalty;
Nathanson, Reiman, van den Haag exchange; American Medical Association |
IN CLASS QUIZ #5: Be prepared to give a quick summary of the
101 reasons the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops opposes the
death penalty and the Innocence Project’s discussion of
remedies.
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| Nov
23 |
finish death penalty material |
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|
Thanksgiving |
Thanksgiving
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| Nov
30 |
Part 6, Strossen and Allen debate |
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| Dec
2 |
Part 6,
Reiman |
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| Dec
7 |
Part 6, Seagal;
Leighton |
IN
CLASS QUIZ #7:
Read the information about Entertainment
Network v Lappin. Focus specifically on what was this case was
about and what the court ruled?
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| Dec 9 |
Review & catch up |
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| Dec
14 |
Final Exam
- 11:30 - 1 [Note that time on syllabus is incorrect and is correct here]
Bonus:
Roper
v Simmons is the case before the Supreme Court involving the execution of
juveniles. Under ‘Questions Presented,’ click on question 2 about
whether juvenile executions are barred by the 8th and 14th
Amendments. The bonus question will ask you to review information about
this issue. I am more interested in this analysis than the general facts
of the case or the question about the propriety of the lower court’s
ruling.
remember
to be on time because no one will be admitted to take the final after the
first person has left |
