READING AND VIRTUAL CLASSROOM SCHEDULE
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Location |
| Wednesday, August 31: Introduction to Course; Orientation to Beachboard software program, Webmail, on-line library resources | PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 8/31 (2:00 pm) - 9/6 (noon): Log into Beachboard and familiarize yourself with the features. Send e-mail to entire class introducing yourself, major, career goals - Use Beachboard Class e-mail list to entire class under "Communication" (2 points) (deadline: 9/6-noon) | Beachboard |
| I. Disciplines and methodologies for the Course | |
| Wednesday, September 7:
Reading: On the World Wide Web "The Humanities and the Constitution," by Paul A. Freund http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/452_r1.html "The Shift in Twentieth-Century Legal Theory," by Mark Kelman http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/452_r2.html |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 9/7 (2:00 p.m.) - 9/13 (noon): On-line quiz on course plagiarism policy (4 points) (deadline: 9/13-noon) | Beachboard |
| Monday,
September 12: (12:30-1:30) OPTIONAL training on Beachboard and CSULB Electronic Resources: Finding reading assignments for future classes from Lexis, JSTOR, Project Muse (cases, law review articles, journal articles, newspapers articles). If you are not familiar with these on-line resources, please attend this optional training session in our regular classroom. (2 points) |
PH1-140 |
| II. Freedom of Expression vs. Freedom from Harassment | |
| Wednesday, September 14*
[Attendance
point available] Reading: On the World Wide Web "On Liberty" (excerpts), J.S. Mill http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/452_r3.html Reading: On CSULB Library/Electronic Resources/Lexis American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut, 771 F.2d 323 (7th Cir. 1985) |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 9/14 (2:00 p.m.) - 9/20 (noon) On-line threaded discussion group on Mill and American Booksellers (2 points) (deadline 9/20-noon) | Beachboard |
| Wednesday, September 21*
[Attendance
point available] Reading: On CSULB Library/Electronic Resources/Lexis Catherine A. MacKinnon, "Pornography as Defamation and Discrimination,"Boston University Law Review (71 B.U.L. Rev. 793) (November 1991) Short paper assignment available on-line on Class Beachboard site |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 9/21
(2:00 p.m.)
- 9/28 (12:30 p.m.). Write short paper due at class 9/28 AND in Dropbox
at 12:30 p.m. |
Beachboard |
| Wednesday, September 28
Short papers due: 12:30 p.m. in Beachboard Dropbox PLUS 5 hard copies in class at 12:30 p.m.: In-class critiques in small groups |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 9/28 (2:00 p.m.) - 10/4 (noon): OPTIONAL revisions to short papers for bonus points (4 points) (deadline: 10/4-noon) | Beachboard |
| Wednesday, October 5 *
[Attendance
point available] Reading: On CSULB Library/Electronic Resources/JSTOR Rae Langton, "Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts," Philosophy and Public Affairs, 22:4 (Autumn, 1993), pp. 293-330. |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 10/5 (2:00 p.m.) - 10/11 (noon): On-line quiz on Langton (4 points) (deadline: 10/11-noon) | Beachboard |
| Wednesday, October 12 *
[Attendance
point available] Reading: On CSULB Library/Electronic Resources/Lexis-News Alan Dershowitz, "Putting a Gender Bias on Free Speech," The Buffalo News, July 27, 1993 Daniel Jacobson, "Freedom of Speech Acts? A Response to Langton,"Philosophy and Public Affairs, 24:1 (Winter, 1995), pp. 64-79. |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 10/12 (2:00 p.m.) - 10/18 (noon) On-line quiz on Dershowitz and Jacobson (4 points) (Deadline: 10/18-noon) | Beachboard |
| Wednesday, October 19:
12:30-1:45
p.m. In-class open book essay mid-term exam (You may use a laptop if you wish, but are not required to) |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 10/19
(2:00
p.m.) - 10/25 (noon) Brief Lawrence v. Texas (2003) and submit WP file to Dropbox (4 points) (Deadline: 10/25-noon) |
Beachboard |
| III. Law, Literature, and Morality | |
| Wednesday, October 26 *
[Attendance
point available] Reading: On CSULB Library/Electronic Resources/Lexis Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (U.S. Supreme Court, 2003) |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 10/26 (2:00 p.m.) - 11/1 (noon): Find one law review article on Lawrence v. Texas in Lexis; send citation and two-sentence abstract to instructor by e-mail (4 points) (Deadline: 11/1-noon) | Beachboard |
| Wednesday, November 2 *
[Attendance
point available] Reading: On CSULB Library/Electronic Resources/Lexis Suzanne B. Goldberg, "Symposium: Gay Rights after Lawrence v. Texas: Morals-Based Justifications for Lawmaking: Before and After Lawrence v. Texas," Minnesota Law Review (88 Minn.L.Rev. 1233) (May 2004) |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 11/2 (2:00 p.m.) - 11/8 (noon): Written Web Page Plan due in Beachboard Dropbox (4 points) (Deadline: 11/8-noon) | Beachboard |
| Wednesday, November 9 *
[Attendance
point available] Reading: On CSULB Library/Electronic Resources/Lexis Gerald Dworkin, "Devlin was Right: Law and the Enforcement of Morality,"William & Mary Law Review (40 Wm and Mary L. Rev. 927) (March 1999) Jeffrie G. Murphy, "Moral Reasons and the Limitation of Liberty," William & Mary Law Review (40 Wm and Mary L. Rev. 947) (March 1999) |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 11/9 (2:00 p.m.) - 11/15 (noon): on-line quiz on Dworkin and Murphy (4 points) (Deadline: 11/15-noon) | Beachboard |
| Wednesday, November 16 *
[Attendance
point available] Reading: On CSULB Library/Electronic Resources/Project Muse Richard Posner, "Against Ethical Criticism," Philosophy and Literature 21:1 (1997), 1-27. |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 11/16 (2:00 p.m.) - 11/30 (noon): on-line quiz on Posner (4 points) (deadline: 11/29-noon) | Beachboard |
| Monday,
November 21: OPTIONAL: Web page construction using Composer: Demonstration and training (12:30-1:30) |
PH1-140 |
| Wednesday, November 23:
(Thanksgiving
week) No in-person class Web pages due on-line at noon, 11/29 (send e-mail to jvancamp@csulb.edu with your URL) |
Beachboard |
| Wednesday, November 30 *
[Attendance
point available] In-class critiques of Web pages |
PH1-140 |
| Virtual classroom: 11/30 (2:00 p.m.) - 12/6 (noon): constructive critique of two web pages not discussed in class; send by 'select users' e-mail on Beachboard to Web page author and instructor (2 points) (deadline: 12/6-noon) | Beachboard |
| Wednesday, December 7 *
[Attendance
point available] In-class critiques of web pages REVIEW for final exam |
PH1-140 |
| FINAL EXAM-Open Book (Law, Literature, Morality): Wednesday, December 14: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. : You must be logged into the Internet from any computer (campus lab, home, office). Exam available on Beachboard at 12:30 and due in Beachboard Dropbox at 2:30. |
Last
updated: August 19, 2005
First posted: August 12, 2005