LAW-4025: Death Penalty Seminar

This seminar focuses on the death penalty in the United States.  The seminar will survey its history, its future, and the pro and con arguments, addressing the legal, moral, and ethical considerations.  It will also examine the interplay between the death penalty and both substantive and procedural criminal law. The seminar provides a vehicle for each student to engage in an in-depth scholarly examination of a facet of the death penalty, focusing predominately, but not necessarily exclusively, on its legal dimensions.  This course may satisfy the Upper-Level Writing Requirement.