LAW 745 - Equality & Religious Freedom

Unit(s): 3

An emerging issue in current federal constitutional law is a tension between first amendment rights that may be characterized as ‘religious freedom rights’ and substantive due process rights of privacy or equal protection that may be characterized as ‘equality rights.’ This course will take a tour of the history of both the religious freedom cases and the equality rights cases and then will take a deep dive into the theoretical underpinnings of each. Students will also consider some of the proposed approaches for harmonizing these rights and consider whether they are practical given the two very disparate histories and foundational rationales. Prerequisite(s): Constitutional Law I & II

Prerequisite: LAW 614 with a minimum grade of D and concurrent LAW 615 with a minimum grade of D
Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law