Introduction to Fourth Amendment law
The American colonial experience : general writs of assistance controversy 1761-76
The English experience : general warrants controversy 1762-70
American constitutional history : state constitutional provisions 1776-84
American constitutional history : United States Constitution and Bill of Rights 1787-91
Historical purpose of the Fourth Amendment
Interpretation of the Fourth Amendment : approaches to constitutional construction
Preliminary elements : personal standing and governmental action
Search or seizure element : seizures of persons, houses, papers or effects
Search or seizure element : searches of persons, houses, papers or effects
General rules and principles of unreasonableness
Seizures of persons and property
Searches conducted with a search warrant
Warrantless searches and criminal exceptions to the search warrant requirement rule
Warrantless searches and civil or special needs exceptions to the search warrant requirement rule
Special unreasonableness requirement problems
Historical development, nature and purpose, and substantive law of the exclusionary rule.