A demonstration in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on the day of oral arguments in the case Hollingsworth v. Perry. (Image courtesy of angela n. on Flickr. Available CC BY.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Christopher Warshaw
MIT Course Number
17.245
As Taught In
Spring 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course examines American constitutional law in historical and modern context. It focuses closely on the constitutional text and Supreme Court case law. It explores the allocation of decision-making authority among government institutions, including the distribution of power across the branches of the federal government and between the federal and state governments. The course also examines the guarantees of individual rights and liberties stemming from the due process, equal protection, and other clauses in the Bill of Rights and post Civil War amendments.
Acknowledgments
Professor Warshaw would like to acknowledge the training in Constitutional Law he received from Gary J. Jacobsohn, Kathleen Sullivan, and Norman Spaulding.
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