Spring 2027

Law of Democracy

Law of Democracy examines laws structuring the U.S. democratic system, focusing on voting rights, electoral districting, political parties, and campaign finance through constitutional and statutory lenses.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Robert Yablon

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 82.4% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.54 GPA, 58.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand and apply the key legal doctrines and rules that structure our democratic system, including the law governing the right to vote, electoral districting, political parties, and the financing of campaigns

  • Recognize the complex ways in which laws governing the democratic process interact with one another to shape our politics and policies

  • Examine and discuss the dilemmas the judiciary faces when it is asked to intervene in democratic disputes

  • Compare and contrast the benefits and drawbacks of our existing legal regime and of potential reforms and alternatives

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Prerequisites

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LAW 790

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 82.4% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.54 GPA, 58.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ROBERT YABLON is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 82.4% A/AB (n=17 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.54 GPA, 58.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Voting rights, electoral districting, political party regulation, and campaign finance.
  • Theoretical underpinnings of the electoral system, judicial oversight, and reform proposals.

Skills

  • Apply legal doctrines governing voting rights, electoral districting, political parties, and campaign finance.
  • Examine judicial dilemmas in intervening with democratic disputes.
  • Compare existing legal regimes with potential reforms and alternatives.

Grades

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LAW 790 · Spring 2027

Law of Democracy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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