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Spring 2013
7353 SEM: Sandra Day O'Connor - JOYCE- 13038

Professor(s): Craig Joyce (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Law And Society/ Interdisciplinary 

Time: 2:30p-4:00p  MWLocation: 113  BLB

Course Outline: After one of the longest periods of stable membership in its history, highlighted by the 25-year tenure of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006 entered a new era -- in terms of both personnel and outcomes. This seminar, while focused on Justice O'Connor's legacy in American legal history, allows students to explore both the jurisprudence of the changing Court and the viewpoints of its leading personalities over the past half century.

Course Syllabus: Syllabus pdf

Course Notes:   See syllabus

Prerequisites:  N/A

First Day Assignments: See syllabus

Final Exam Schedule:    

This course will have:
Exam: No
Paper: Yes, along with outlines, drafts, and presentation

Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement: No

Book Requirements:

• (11/7/2012 9:13:34 AM ) Title: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice
  Author: Joan Biskupic
  Edition:  Year: 2006 ISBN: 9-780-06059-019-2 Publisher: Harper Perennial
   Paperback
• (11/7/2012 9:14:47 AM ) Title: Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest
  Author: Sandra Day O'Connor/H. Alan Day
  Edition:  Year: 2002 ISBN: 9-780-81296-673-2 Publisher: Random House
   Paperback
• (11/7/2012 9:15:41 AM ) Title: The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice
  Author: Sandra Day O'Connor/Craig Joyce
  Edition:  Year: 2003 ISBN: 9-780-81296-747-0  Publisher: Random House
   Paperback