PHIL 171Topics in Philosophy of Law
An in-depth analysis of one or more issues in philosophy of law. Topics might include legal positivism and natural law, legal and constitutional interpretation, judicial review within a constitutional democracy, First Amendment jurisprudence, substantive due process and equal protection, the limits of the criminal law, responsibility and punishment, psychiatry and the law, and the moral foundations of civil law. May be repeated for credit two times with change of content.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing or consent of instructor.”