Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (Mayeri)
Faculty
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| Serena Mayeri Professor of Law and History smayeri@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Expository Writing
Grading
20% Participation,
65% Paper,
15% Other (An oral presentation may be required.)
Exam
Essay,
Take Home,
Open-Book (Students may elect to take a final exam OR write a paper.)
With Permission of Instructor
Students may elect to take a final exam OR write a paper.
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- I will make PowerPoint slides or other class materials routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
Meeting Times/Location
T 10:00AM - 12:00PM
Tanenbaum Hall 320
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022) overruled a half-century of precedent and transformed the U.S. legal and constitutional landscape. This seminar will explore the social movements, legal advocacy, and larger political context surrounding the case. We will examine the past, present, and future of movements for reproductive rights and justice, as well as anti-abortion advocacy and its relationship to broader conservative movements; the evolution of legal and constitutional arguments and strategies relating to reproduction; and the connections between these debates and battles over the future of secular, multi-racial democracy. Course materials will be drawn from scholarly literature across several disciplines, as well as audio/visual media and diverse legal sources. Students will have a choice between a take-away exam or final paper. The final paper may, with the instructor’s permission, be used to fulfill the senior writing requirement.
Constitutional Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of constitutional law; Perform legal analysis in the context of constitutional law; Communicate effectively on topics related to constitutional law; Demonstrate an understanding of constitutional law affects other areas of law.
Family Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of family law; Perform legal analysis in the context of family law; Communicate effectively on topics related to family law; Demonstrate an understanding of how family law affects other areas of law.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Public Interest Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of public interest law; Perform legal analysis in the context of public interest law; Communicate effectively on topics related to public interest law; Demonstrate an understanding of how public interest law is connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.
Equity and Inclusion Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Perform legal analysis in the context of topics related to equity and inclusion; Communicate effectively on the legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Demonstrate an understanding of how equity and inclusion are connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.