Privacy and Racial Justice (Allen)
Faculty
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| Anita L. Allen Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy aallen@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Other Professional Skills: Analysis of judicial opinions, public policy and legal scholarship.
Grading
10% Participation,
90% Exam
Exam
Short Answer,
Essay,
In Class,
Partial Open Book (Class notes and self-prepared outlines are permitted in the exam room. )
With Permission of Instructor
In order to complete the senior writing requirement, the student must submit a topic statement and preliminary bibliography for approval in the second week of the semester . If the first draft is not submitted by December 1, the student will be required to take the final examination.
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:
- Class sessions are regularly recorded. I will make these recordings routinely available on the course site to everyone in the class.
Meeting Times/Location
TR 3:00PM - 4:20PM
Silverman Hall 270
Category
Upper-Level
Credits
3.0
This three-credit lecture course is a unique exploration of the common law, constitutional law and federal statutes that comprise American privacy and data protection law. The course will highlight the intersection of social justice, race and privacy, both historically and in the current digital era.
Stressing the political and ethical values that inform the law, the course will explore how the interests and contributions of African Americans --and other marginalized population groups-- have shaped privacy law, policy and theory; how privacy laws, along with business and governmental policies and practices, can advance, target, and exclude minority groups’ interests; and how privacy-impacting technologies, including cameras, drones, algorithms, encryption, facial recognition and smart phones, can be used as mechanisms of surveillance and control.
There are no prerequisites for this course, but enrollment is appropriate for all law students and other graduate and professional students willing to engage legal materials and methods. Class attendance and participation are required. Evaluation will be based on class participation and a final examination.
Business and Corporate Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of business and corporate law; Perform legal analysis in the context of business and corporate law; Communicate effectively on topics related to business and corporate law; Demonstrate an understanding of the interconnection between the world of business and finance and that of business and corporate law, and how they affect other areas of law and society.
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.
Courts and the Judicial System Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of both substantive and procedural issues in the operation of our legal system; Perform legal analysis in the context of procedural issues and the judicial process; Communicate effectively on topics related to procedure and the judicial process; Demonstrate an understanding of how procedural issues and the judicial process affect all other area of our legal system.
Criminal Law and Procedure Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of criminal law and procedure; Perform legal analysis in the context of criminal law and procedure; Communicate effectively on topics related to criminal law and procedure; Demonstrate an understanding of the role criminal law and procedure play in society and their impact on other areas of law and society.
Administrative and Regulatory Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of administrative and regulatory law and the administrative process, including the role of statutory authorization and work of administrative agencies; Perform legal analysis in the context of administrative and regulatory law; Communicate effectively on topics related to administrative and regulatory law; Demonstrate an understanding of the role administrative and regulatory law play in our legal system and in society as a whole.
Professional Responsibility and Ethics 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.