This course examines the means by which government is empowered to sanction its citizens and the critical role the U.S. Constitution plays in limiting such governmental action. Available sanctions can take manifold form, ranging from the nominally "civil" sanctions of monetary fines and forfeitures, to the demonstrably "criminal" sanctions of imprisonment and death. After surveying the social, legal, and political rationales supporting government's role in exerting social control, the course will address these and other sanctions, and their constitutional limits, providing class members with an understanding of the evolving power of government in this realm.
Prohibited Course Description
Students are advised that academic credit for Introduction to U. S. Arbitration Law: Domestic and International Perspectives is not awarded if you have already completed Arbitration.