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Constitutional Law: Freedom of Speech and the Press

This course focuses on the Supreme Court’s opinions on freedoms of speech and press issues in First Amendment jurisprudence. The topics of study may include: advocacy of illegal action, defamation, commercial speech, obscenity, offensive speech, hate speech, symbolic speech, regulation of the public forum, prior restraint, and other topics. The First Amendment topic of freedom of religion is the subject of a separate course, entitled The Constitution & Religion. (3 Credits)

Semester

Spring 2019

Instructor(s)

Catherine Hancock

Academic Area(s)

Constitutional Law & Civil Rights