Adam B. Cox : Courses and Seminars
Independent Research
LAWS 49901
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.
Winter 2010
Adam B. Cox
Civil Procedure II
LAWS 30221
Civil Procedure is offered in two parts. Part I meets in the Autumn Quarter and addresses the mechanics of civil litigation, with special reference to pleading, discovery, and trial, including the respective roles of judge and jury. Part II is offered in the Spring Quarter and focuses on the study of the power of particular courts to decide cases (subject-matter jurisdiction); jurisdiction of the courts over the person or things before them; the scope and effect of judgments; principles of finality of judgments; and the rules governing joinder of claims and parties. The student's grade is based on an examination given at the end of each quarter.
Spring 2010
Adam B. Cox
Constitutional Law III: Equal Protection and Substantive Due Process
LAWS 40301
This course considers the history, theory, and contemporary law of the post-Civil War Amendments to the Constitution, particularly the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The central subjects are the constitutional law governing discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and other characteristics, and the recognition of individual rights not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution. Throughout, students consider certain foundational questions, including the role of courts in a democracy and the question of how the Constitution should be interpreted. The student's grade is based on a final examination. The course may be limited in enrollment.
Autumn 2009
Adam B. Cox
Independent Research
LAWS 49901
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 2009
Adam B. Cox
Independent Research
LAWS 49901
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.
Spring 2010
Adam B. Cox
Future of the Voting Rights Act
LAWS TBD
Four decades after its passage, the Voting Rights Act is at a crossroads. Some critics have argued that the Act is obsolete. In the spring of 2009 the Supreme Court went further, suggesting that core parts of the Act may be unconstitutional. This seminar will be structured as a simulated working group within the Justice Department, tasked with advising the President about how to respond to these concerns about the Act. Should the Voting Rights Act remain unchanged, be amended, or be repealed? To develop a joint recommendation, we will spend the first half of the seminar tracing the history of the Act and the role that race plays today in American politics. During the second half of the seminar students will select sections of the task force recommendation on which to work. In small groups, students will lead class discussion on their section and then author that section of the report. Grades will be based on class participation and the written report sections.
Spring 2010
Adam B. Cox
