POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Monday 4/8,we went over the Butler case. I also discussed the 1971 Supreme Court opinion in Harris v. N.Y. We began our discussion of Hubbard v. Greeson, going over the idea of conflict of law rules, and reviewing the causes of action. We will continue on Wednesday with the question of what advantage there was to having a particular states' rules and law apply, and how Greeson tried to accomplish that. The additional assignment for Wednesday 4/10 is to read in the text pp. 145-147 (Land), which applies the Hubbard decision in the federal court system.
POS 384 CIVIL LIBERTIES
In class today, Monday 4/8, we went through the majority opinion in Hill. We traced the structure of the opinion, looking at what questions were addressed, and how those questions were answered. We will continue with the two dissenting opinions on Wednesday, focusing on the areas in which they clashed with the majority opinion. The additional assignment for Wednesday 4/10 is to read through p. 258 of the text.
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