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Course Assignments and Websites - SPRING 2006
Constitutional
Law of Incarceration |
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∙ Syllabus ∙ Exam Prep.
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Wed. & Fri. 9:30 to 11:00
am Professor: Margo Schlanger All the old announcements are archived here (the link is also on the sidebar, "announcement archive"). Permanent Announcements: NEW ANNOUNCEMENT: There will be a showing of the movie Soul of Justice: Thelton Henderson's American Journey, on April 22, at 1 pm, as part of the Black International Cinema Festival, at the St. Louis Art Museum. Judge Henderson is the district judge who decided Madrid v. Gomez, one of the most important recent prison cases, about Pelican Bay Prison in California. This is supposed to be a fabulous film. April 21 , 2006 Here's Kent Syverud on how to take a law school exam. And here are the exam instructions. April 11 , 2006 Exam preparation: Your exam (an 8-hour takehome) will have three questions. 1. The first question will be doctrinal and worth 25% of the exam’s total points. E.g.: a) Evaluate the following statement: The Supreme Court’s opinion in Hudson v. McMillian isn’t a compromise, and it isn’t principled; it’s a mess. Is this true or false? Why? Support. Or b) I argued in class that Farmer v. Brennan is in some tension with Estelle v. Gamble. What is the inconsistency, and can (and should) the two be reconciled? 2. The second question will ask you your view of the what the constitutional law should be in some area. It is worth 30%. You can take either side (and in case it isn't obvious, I don't care if you share your authentic views on this one; the "should" goes to form, not candor). 3. The third question will give you some facts and ask you to write a district court opinion, assessing both liability and remedy and both constitutional law and any relevant statutes that we’ve read carefully. The facts will raise one central claim, not many individual issues to spot. This question is worth 45%.
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