State Constitutional Law
Course Description:
This course will provide an in-depth study of the renewed resurgence of state constitutional law – “New Judicial Federalism.” It will cover such topics as the history of state constitutions in early America; the “adequate and independent state grounds doctrine”; search and seizure; the “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule; peremptory challenges; freedom of speech and expression; the right to privacy (including drug testing, homosexuality, AIDS issues, and the “right to die”). It will also discuss equal protection, abortion funding, and separation of church and state. Although the course will survey the jurisprudence under state constitutions throughout the United States, it will cover Pennsylvania in special detail. (2 credits) Paper
Faculty Who Teach This Course:
- Bruce Ledewitz (Professor of Law)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection:
KF4529-KF4530 State Constitutions – State Constitutional Conventions
KFP400-KFP427 Pennsylvania
Legal Research Databases:
DCLI Webpage Links:
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law, Constitutions (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, federal and state case law and our constitutions)
- Legal Research Guides: Constitutional Law
- Quick Guides: Research Guide – U.S. Constitutional Law
- Research Guide - Pennsylvania Constitutional Law
Under Subject Area:
- Constitutional Law
Course Listed Under the following Law School Areas of Interest:
- Constitutional Law
- Upper Level Writing Requirement Course
