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The University of Massachusetts Amherst

SPP 301 : Communicating Public Policy (JYW)

Exercises

  1. Find a scholarly, peer-reviewed article addressing intellectual property policy, specifically the ability to patent living organisms.
     
  2. Find two policy papers – one from a right or right-center organization, and one from a left or left-center organization – that discusses free trade with Canada.
     
  3. Find a court case from that attempted to negate the Supreme Court case Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989) (the flag burning case). Is the court decision still good law?