Civil Rights and Liberties:
An OER Textbook for Undergraduate Students
Professor Heidi Getchell-Bastien, J.D.
Winner of the 2026 Massachusetts Department of Higher Education OER Creator Award.
Embedded Files
Photo credit: Paul Schutzer/The LIFE Picture Collection/Shutterstock, via LIFE.
https://www.life.com/history/the-march-on-washington-power-to-the-people/
This OER is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Readers are free to use, share, adapt, remix, and build upon this material for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as they provide appropriate credit to:
Getchell-Bastien, H. (2025). Civil Rights and Liberties: An OER Textbook for Undergraduate Students. https://www.professorbastien.org.
Because this resource addresses civil rights, civil liberties, and the law, it is a living document that will be updated regularly as legal developments occur. Please email me at hgetchellbastien@massbay.edu with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggested updates related to this resource.
Table of Contents
The First Amendment Part Two: Free Speech and Other Protections
The Rights of The Criminally Accused Part One: Searches, Investigations, Arrests, And Evidence
The Rights of the Criminally Accused Part Two: Trials, Sentencing, And Punishment
Civil Rights Part Two: Gender, Sexual Orientation, Age, Disability, and Other Protected Classes
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse