Transfers ToCSUCSU GE Area D8Description54 hours lecture per term. The course explores the interactive dynamic among the judicial, legislative, and executive branches in the creation and implementation of public law. It involves an extensive analysis of cases relating to the separation of powers, federal-state relations, and rights of property, free expression, privacy, criminal due process, political participation, and equality under law. Corollary topics include orientation to legal research, case briefing, development of judicial review, judicial organization and decision-making, sources and limits of judicial power, and the political impact of Supreme Court decisions. Students will participate in various simulations of court decisions. (CSU) (UC) (Degree Credit) AA GE, CSU GE 