US Constitutional Law: Individual Rights

This U.S. Constitutional Law class focusses on the Individual Rights. The class is designed to involve active student participation. Hands-on exercises are used to further the students’ understanding. In-class discussions concentrate on the major issues related to the Religious Clauses and the Free Speech Clause under the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Fourth, and Fifth Amendment, the death penalty, the jury system, equality issues, and the right to privacy. In addition, Native American Constitutional Law is examined. The class also covers general U.S. Constitution problem solving methods.

The course will be assessed by a written examination at the end of the term.

The language of instruction is English. Sufficient command of English is therefore recommended.

For CUSL students, this course fulfills the requirement of a mandatory course. CUSL students may take Constitutional Law: State Structure or Constitutional Law: Individual Rights to fulfill their mandatory course requirement. CUSL students may also take both constitutional law courses and count one as a required course and one as an elective course toward fulfillment of CUSL requirements.

Successful completion of this course is also recognized as proof of foreign language proficiency in accordance with §3(4) of the Study and Examination Regulations (StudPrO).