LGST 3100 - American Constitutional Law

Crosslisted
Also listed as PSCI 3100.

Goals: To study the role of the courts in the development of the American Constitution. To introduce students to the “rule of law” concept in Anglo American judicial history.

Content: Reading and analyzing a wide variety of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court. An examination of the relationship between the government and the individual in the context of national and state power, the Bill of Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment.

Taught: Annually.

Credits: 4 credits