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State Constitutionalism (Spring 2009)
| Catalog #: | 7966 | Section: | 01 | Credits (Min/Max): | 3/3 | Satisfy UCWR? | No |
| Class #: | 10783 | Location: | Chase 110 | Day/Time: | Monday Wednesday 2:00-3:30 | ||
| Instructor: | Justin Long | Course Type: | Lecture | Enrollment Status: | Open | Limit: | 70 |
| Final Exam: | Take Home | Tentative Final Exam: | Grading Basis: | P/F Option | |||
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| Constitutional Law | |||||||
| Description: | |||||||
| Participants in this course will discuss some of the distinguishing features of state constitutions not shared with the parallel federal document. Among these features are elected judiciaries, part-time legislatures of plenary power, non-unitary executive branches, frequently employed amendment and revision procedures, and state powers over political subdivisions. Significant attention will be devoted to state judiciaries as the interpreters of state constitutions, including state courts' inherent powers, advisory powers, and relationships with federal and sister-state courts. State constitutions also protect civil liberties differently from the U.S. Constitution, both in kind and degree; these differences will be reviewed through readings in constitutional litigation. The course is not a survey of fifty different constitutions. Instead, it is designed to illuminate the common areas of inquiry in a theoretical field remarkably distinct from the study of the federal Constitution. The final grade will be based on class participation and a take-home exam. | |||||||
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