PSCI 351
Competitive Moot Court
Dr. Jim Josefson Office Hours:
217 Flory Hall T/Th 9-12
828-5322 (o) M/W 3-5
By appointment
Http://wp.bridgewater.edu/jjosefso
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EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION
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Academic Support:
Counseling support is available from College Counseling Services (Rebecca 218, 828-5402). Academic support including free tutors may be arranged by the Office of Academic Support (Bicknell House, 828-5660). Assistance with writing is available at the Writing Center (310 Bowman, http://bcwritingcenter.weebly.com/)
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE:
Department objectives
PSCK1 Students will develop knowledge of basic concepts of American Politics, including:
1. Federalism and the Founding
Bridgewater Objectives
2. Develop skills in oral communication.
10. Develop skills in critical reading and critical thinking.
11. Develop skills in public discourse and public reasoning
COOPERATIVE LEARNING
Students will teach and learn from one another. Each student will be a member of a Base Group and Peer-review groups. Base groups will keep track of attendance, contact class members who are absent, share notes and participate in group learning exercises in class. Base groups may be required to meet outside of class, but they may also be dissolved into new ad hoc groups for purposes of group projects.
Student Participation
The course will require participation by students at every level and in every activity. Seminar sessions, debates, presentations, group projects, labs, multimedia, and social occasions will be integrated to encourage learning together and to encourage personal relationships formed among students and between students and faculty. Students must come to class prepared for each day, expecting to carry much of the responsibility for the success of the course.
Students are required to attend every class. If a student misses more than 4 classes one letter grade will be deducted from his/her final grade for each class missed. This means that a student who misses 5 classes will receive a B- if they otherwise earn a B. Students who miss more than 8 classes will fail. Late assignments/ papers will be penalized one letter grade per day. Non-lame excuses given to the instructor prior to a class or deadline will receive more lenient consideration. You may have no more than 6 combined excused and unexcused absences before your grade will be reduced.
Written requirements
Case outline 25%
Brief Portfolio 25 %
Presentation 50%
Brief (optional) 3 grade bump (e.g. B=> A)
TEXT:
ACMA 2017-2018 Case
http://www.acmamootcourt.org/
CITATIONS
We will use Basic Legal Citation. See http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/
ACMA American Collegiate Moot Court Association
Website: http://acmamootcourt.org
ACMA Rules: http://acmamootcourt.org/acma-rules.html
Brief Writing Competition: http://acmamootcourt.org/brief-writing-competition.html
Cases Cited:
Cases Cited:
Trop v. Dulles, 356 U.S. 86 (1958)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/356/86/case.html
Schmerber v. CA, 384 U.S. 757 (1966)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/384/757/case.html
Hutto v. Finney, 437 U.S. 678 (1978)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/437/678/case.html
Rhode Island v. Innis 446 U.S. 291 (1980)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/446/291/
Estelle v. Smith, 451 U.S. 454 (1981)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/451/454/case.html
Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337 (1981)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/452/337/
Doe v. United States, 487 U.S. 201 (1988)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/487/201/case.html
Pennsylvania v Muniz, 496 U.S. 582 (1990)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/496/582/
Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U.S. 957 (1991)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/501/957/case.html
Hudson v. McMillian, 503 U.S. 1 (1992)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/503/1/case.html
Helling v. McKinney, 509 U.S. 25 (1993)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/509/25/case.html
Madrid v. Gomez, 889 F. Supp. 1146 (N.D. Cal. 1995)
http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/889/1146/1904317/
United States v. Hubbell, 530 U.S. 27 (2000)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/530/27.html
Kyllo v. US, 533 U.S. 27 (2001)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/533/27/case.html
Ewing v. California, 538 U.S. 11 (2003)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/538/11/case.html
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/543/551/
United States v. Weber, 451 F.3d 552 (9th Cir. 2006)
http://openjurist.org/451/f3d/552/united-states-v-weber
Commonwealth v. Knoble, 42 A.3d 976 (Pa. 2012)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/pa-supreme-court/1597143.html
United States v. Von Behren, 822 F.3d 1139 (10th Cir. 2016)
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-10th-circuit/1734539.html
Tentative Schedule:
Class meets weekly 8/30- 12/9
American Collegiate Moot Court Competition
2017 Mid-Atlantic Regional American Collegiate Moot Court Association Competition
NOVEMBER 10-11, 2017 | REGENT UNIVERSITY