HOUSING

DISCRIMINATION

Fall 2020 Course Page

Professor Marc Fajer

mfajer@law.miami.edu

Office Hours: 

    Tue 8:30-11:15 am

    (Zoom Link forthcoming)

    & by Appointment

Required Materials: Posted Below

Course Meetings:

   Mon, Wed 8:00-9:20 a.m.

      Zoom Link forthcoming

   No Synchronous Class Meetings:

      Mon 9/7 Labor Day

      Mon 9/28 Yom Kippur

Assistant: Marysabel Merino

Law Library Room G364

mmerino@law.miami.edu

305-788-6679

Current Assignments

Numbers in parentheses refer to pages in the course materials.

Numbers preceded by SS refer to pages in the Statutory Supplement.

CLASS #1 MON 8/17

• History I (1492) (lecture)
• Logistics, Structure & Themes of the Course
• Read in the Information Memo for Unit One (forthcoming)
• Information about the Course & Information about the Instructor
• Look through Spring 2011 Final Exam (on course page)
• Basic Cause of Action (Overview; Conduct, “Because of”)

 

• Read: 42 U.S.C. §§1981-82, 3604 (a) -(e), 3617 (SS1, 4, 9)
• Skim i) 42 U.S.C. §§3604(f)-06 (SS4-6); 24 CFR §§100.50-100.85, (SS12-17)
• In the Course Materials for Unit One
• Prepare Discussion Questions 1.01-1.02 (2)
• Read Kramarsky (3-4)
• Prepare Discussion Questions 1.03-1.04 (4)
• History II (1500-1800) (lecture)

CLASS #2 WED 8/19

• Basic Cause of Action cont’d (Characteristics & Consequences)
• Breaking Barriers (Part I) (In-Class Video)
• Read Exercise Part I (5) (Due next week; I’ll take Qs in class)
• Read: 42 U.S.C. §§3602(h); 3604 (a) (SS2, 4)
• Prepare Discussion Questions 1.05-1.07 (4)
• Intro to Defenses
• Read: 42 U.S.C. §§3602(h); 3604 (a) (SS2, 4)
• Prepare Discussion Questions 1.08-1.09 (4)
• Intro to Speluncean Explorers: Read Facts of “Case” (24-28 (top paragraph))
• History 1801-67 (lecture)

Course Materials & Logistical Info

Syllabus (Unit One)

Course Materials (Unit One)

Statutory Supplement

Information Memo for Unit One (Preliminary; forthcoming)

Sample Final Exam

Power Point Presentations

(in Reverse Chronological Order)

forthcoming