Monday, November 21, 2022

Week 13

What is Public Policy?

What Is Public Policy?
What is a Market?
What is Market Failure?
Private Goods, Market Failure, and Public Goods.
Public Goods - What are they? What types exist?
Federalism and Public Policy.
Public Policy and the Enumerated Powers.
State Political Culture.
Fiscal Size-Up: Areas of Spending / State Agencies.
Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

2305: Reread Chapter 3 Federalism and the Separation of Powers
2306: Chapter 11: Criminal Justice

2305: Reread Chapter 3 Federalism and the Separation of Powers
- federalism
- sovereignty
- state government
- enumerated powers
- implied powers
- powers of state governments
- reserved powers
- concurrent powers
- eminent domain
- police power
- full faith and credit
- privileges and immunities
- comity
- prohibited powers
- local government
- home rule
- dual federalism
- commerce clause
- McCullough v Maryland
- states' rights
- The New Deal
- cooperative federalism
- grants in aid
- NLRB v Jones
- project grants
- formula grants
- regulated federalism
- national standards
- unfunded mandates
- new federalism
- block grants
- separation of powers
- checks and balances
- legislative supremacy
- divided government
- executive privilege
- judicial review
- writ of habeas corpus



2306: Chapter 11: Criminal Justice
- Rights of the Accused
- Probable Cause
- Search and Seizure
- Indigent Defense
- Victims Rights
- Misdemeanors
- Felonies
- Drug Crimes
- Juvenile Crime
- Pre Trial
- Bail
- Prosecutor
- Arraignment
- Grand Jury
- Plea Bargain
- Trial
- Voir Dire
- No Contest
- Punishment
- Physical Labor
- Probation
- Community Supervision
- Deferred Adjudication
- Incarceration
- TDCJ
- Overcrowding
- Crime Rate
- Drug Court Reform
- Privatization
- Death Penalty
- Life After Prison
- Collateral Consequences
- Restricted Licensing, Employment, and Access to Programs
- Voting Rights
- Criminal Disenfranchisement
- Parole
- Reforms
- Alternatives to Incarceration
- Bail Reforms
- Addressing Prison Suicides
- Aging Prison Population
- Death Penalty Reform


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Terminology: 

Public Policy
Public Goods
Externalities
Monopolies
Information
Federalism
National
- Commerce
- - Fiscal Policy
- - Monetary Policy
- Defense
Deficiencies of the Article of Confederation
Statutory Code
- delegated powers
- implied powers
States
- police powers
Texas
- Articles in the Constitution
Statutory Code
Fiscal Size Up
- areas
Local Government
Municipal Code of Ordinances