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Academic Year 2000/2001


Comparative Constitutional Interpretation
GOVT 373 FA

This course examines constitutional interpretation, conceived as a broadly political, legal, and literary enterprise, in the United States, The Federal Republic of Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia, Italy, Ireland, and sometimes India. Our purpose is to understand how a variety of constitutional democracies have chosen to conceptualize, and to resolve, a number of basic problems inherent in the ideal and practice of constitutional government.

MAJOR READINGS

The main reading in the course will consist of judicial decisions from the constitutional courts of the various countries. Students will be required to purchase a collection of photocopied materials.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

There will be two research papers of intermediate length.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: GOVT203 OR GOVT250 OR GOVT371 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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