Philosophy of Law (PHI 241)
Term: 2014-2015 Academic Year Winter Intersession
Schedule
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM (1/2/2015 - 1/13/2015) Location: MAIN CASEY C108
Description
(formerly PHI 236; PHI 340)
An examination of the role of philosophy and morality in legal decisions and the legal profession; an examination of the role of philosophy and morality in criminal law and First Amendment law (freedom of speech and religion) and other important legal issues of our time; an investigation of the extent to which the state may regulate the private affairs of its citizens; and a consideration of the role that moral theory has to play in the process of constitutional interpretation.