• Readings for Week 1
• "The People v. Willie Monroe," from The Blind Eagle, pp. 15-33
• Law and Society, Chapter 1, "Introduction," pp. 1-30
• Panel #1 - Are Pretextual Stops by the Police Constitutional? - September 11^th Click here for handout
  • Taking Sides, "Are Pretextual Stops by the Police Constitutional?" pp. 118-132
• Readings for Week 2
• Law and Society, Chapter 2, "Theoretical Perspectives," pp. 39-76

• Readings for Week 3
  • Law and Society, Chapter 3, "The Organization of the Law," pp. 89-148
  • Law and Society, Chapter 4, "Lawmaking," pp. 163.195
• Panel #2 - Capital Punishment - September 18^th Click here for handout
  • Taking Sides, "Is it Constitutional to Impose the Death Penalty on the Mentally Retarded?" pp. 194-215
• Readings for Week 4
  • Law and Society, "Discord over the Death Penalty," pp. 207-214

• Readings for Weeks 5 and 6
  • Law and Society, Chapter 6, "Law and Dispute Resolution," pp. 271-284 only
    • Jury Selection/Voir Dire/Change of Venue
    • False Memories

IV. The Dialectical Relation between Law and Social Change - Weeks 7 - 13

• Readings for Week 7
  • Law and Society, Chapter 7, "Law and Social Change," pp. 331-363
  • Law and Society, Chapter 6, "Law and Dispute Resolution," pp. 284-320 only

• Readings for Week 8
  • Bloody Dawn, pp. 3-186
• Panel #3 - The Insanity Defense - October 23^th Click here for handout
  • Taking Sides, "Should the Insanity Defense Be Abolished?" pp. 98-117
• Panel #4 - Affirmative Action in College Admissions - October 30^th Click here for handout
  • Taking Sides, "Do Race Conscious Programs Violate 14^th Amendment Rights?" pp. 352-371

• Readings for Weeks 9-10
  • The Buffalo Creek Disaster [Read Whole Book]
  • Law and Society, "White Collar Crime," pp. 241-246 only

C. The Civil Rights Movement

• Readings for Week 11
  • Eyes on the Prize, Chapter 2, "Standing for Justice," Mississippi and the Till Case, pp. 37-58
  • Eyes on the Prize, Chapter 3, "We're not Moving to the Back, Mr. Blake," The Montgomery Bus Boycott, pp. 59-89
• Readings for Week 12
  • Eyes on the Prize, Chapter 6, "Freedom in the Air," The Lessons of Albany and Birmingham, pp. 163-195
  • Eyes on the Prize, Chapter 8, "Selma," The Bridge to Freedom, pp. 251-286

• Readings for Weeks 12-13
  • Course Handout, "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions," pp. 307-311

• Panel #5 - Cross Burnings and the US Constitution - December 11^th Click here for handout
  • Taking Sides, "Are Blanket Prohibitions on Cross Burnings Unconstitutional" pp. 282-301
• Panel #6 - The Right to Die - December 14^th Click here for handout
  • Taking Sides, "Are Restrictions on Physician-Assisted Suicide Constitutional?" pp. 38-61