Law school for everyone: constitutional law

Disc 1. Origins and functions of the Constitution --

The Marshall court and the Constitution --

The scope of the executive power --

Congress and the New Deal Commerce Clause --

Congress and the Commerce Clause today --

Individual liberty: contracts and privacy --

Disc 2. Liberty disputed: abortion and gay rights --

Equal protection and civil rights --

The affirmative action conundrum --

Sex discrimination and women's rights --

The nature of the judicial power --

The politics of constitutional law.