HSEM3415H

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HSEM 3415H - Are corporations persons? Can they pray? Controversial Supreme Court Cases (3 Cr.) Civic Life and Ethics, Honors

University Honors Program (10150) TUED - Undergraduate Education Administration

Course description

Alexis de Tocqueville noted in 1835 that "[s]carcely any political question arises in the United States that is not resolved, sooner or later, into a judicial question." Rightly or wrongly, in the US many highly-charged issues ultimately get resolved in the Supreme Court. This seminar uses the courts as a lens through which to examine the relationship between business and society. It employs recent Court opinions in business cases like Citizens United and Masterpiece Cakeshop (ruling expected in summer 2018)--supplemented by transcripts of oral arguments, commentary in law reviews and legal blogs. The seminar should be of interest to pre-law students and all students who wish to gain a better understanding of the place of business in our society.

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

A-F - A-F Grade Basis

Discussion

Requirements

000571

This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)

Civic Life and Ethics

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Periodic Fall