First Assignment Spring 2016
Constitutional Law
LAW 516 Section 1
Reginald C. Oh
Assignment details
For first class:
TOPIC ONE: The Origins of Modern 14th Amendment Doctrine
a. Text, 522-28 (Slaughterhouse), 548-550 (Civil Rights Cases)
b. Text, 740-42
c. 14th Amendment, Sections 1 & 5
2nd Class:
TOPIC TWO: Requiring States to Comply with the Bill of Rights: The Doctrine of Incorporation
a. Text, 517-21 (Barron), 530-39 (Palko, Adamson, Duncan)
b. Garrett Epps, Second Founding, 85 Oregon Law Review 895 (2006) (download from Westlaw/Lexis)
c. Text, 539-48 (McDonald)
d. Constitutional Amendments I-IX