Adam B. Cox
Assistant Professor of Law
1111 East 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
phone: 773-702-0348
email: adambcox@law.uchicago.edu

Current Year Courses

• 49901 43 Independent Research
  Second- and third-year students may earn course credit by independent research under the supervision of a member of the faculty. Such projects are arranged by consultation between the student and the particular member of the faculty in whose field the proposed topic falls.
  Autumn (3)
  
  
• 50001 1 Immigration Law and the Rights of Non-citizens
  This course provides a basic introduction to U.S. immigration law and policy, with a particular focus on how immigration law relates to broader concerns in the structure of our constitutional system. Topics include the sources and scope of the federal government's constitutional authority to regulate immigration, the structure of the immigrant admission and deportation system, the status and conditions of undocumented immigrants, and the ongoing debates about immigration reform. The student's grade will be based on a take-home final examination and class participation.
  Spring (3)
  
  
• 63712 1 Workshop: Law and Politics
  This workshop, conducted over two sequential quarters, is devoted to the intensive examination of selected problems arising at the intersection of law and politics. Workshop sessions will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers by members of the faculty of the University of Chicago and of other institutions. The substance and methodological orientation of the papers will both be diverse, but may include issues concerning legislative process, electoral structures, and the constitutional constraints on political institutions. Grading is based on class participation and the completion of 3 to 5 page papers that respond to the paper being presented. Workshop participants must enroll in both quarters of the workshop.
  Winter (2) +
  
  
• 78701 1 Law and the Political Process
  This course surveys the legal regulation of elections and politics. Topics include the individual's right to participate in the political process, redistricting and the distribution of electoral power, the role of race in the regulation of politics, political party regulation, and campaign finance reform. The course will pay particular attention to the political theories and empirical assumptions that underlie judicial intervention in these areas. The student's grade will be based on a take-home final examination and class participation.
  Winter (3)