LAWS9943 · Law
Boston College Law School
This course will focus on constitutional limitations on police practices. The 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments are examined as they affect the warrant process, searches and seizures, interrogations, confessions and identification. The course considers in depth the exclusionary rule and other legal controls on police conduct. The course presents a unique opportunity to explore and contrast various judicial philosophies within the Supreme Court regarding criminal procedural protection. Teaching methodology is a combination of lecture, discussion, videos, and Socratic dialogue.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.2 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.1 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.2 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~5
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
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Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
2 sectionsFall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
2 sectionsSpring 2022
1 sectionFall 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
1 sectionSpring 2020
1 section