Spring 2014
7353 SEM: Sandra Day O'Connor - JOYCE- 12704

Professor(s): Craig Joyce (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Law And Society/ Interdisciplinary 

Time: 2:30p-4:00p  MWLocation: BLB-213 

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

Course Notes:   Quota= 12

Prerequisites:  N/A

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This course will have:
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Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement: Yes

Book Requirements:

• (10/28/2013 10:22:49 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
• (10/28/2013 10:23:54 AM; last revised 10/28/2013 10:27:04 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. Lazy B is available also in hardback from Modern Library (Random House).
• (10/28/2013 10:24:54 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