POLISCI 361 Lecture 1: Notes 1/22

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLISCI 361
• Professor: Sheldon Goldman

Document Summary

Basic human freedom we associate with condition of being free. Procedural rights when government wants to deny us life liberty or property. Right such as fair trial, appeal, not to incrimniate yourself, privacy protected. Right to be treated fairly and equally by government. Economic rights generally not considered civil liberties. Civil liberties laws tell us about our society and how it has evolved. Tells us about the development of the supreme court court as a political institution. Tells us about development of constitutional law. Forces us to confront our hierachy of values. No civil liberty guarantee of constituion came before court until civil war. Alien and sedition act made it illegal to critize the president.