Course Description
601:528. CONSTITUTIONALISM SEMINAR: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES (3) WI
This reading and discussion seminar considers a range of critical approaches to constitutional theory. We will read widely in critical legal and political materials on constitutionalism, with a principal focus on the United States. Topics this semester will include the nature of rights; critical race constitutionalism; constitutionalism and colonialism; the neoliberal constitution; problems of negative and passive constitutionalism; constitutional breakdown; popular constitutionalism; and constitutionalism and the environment. Students will take turns leading discussion and will write reflective and analytical essays.
Requirements: Weekly attendance, active participation in discussion; co-leading discussion twice during semester; submission of 5 brief reflection essays in response to readings; completion of 2 analytical essays (8-10 pages each) on relevant materials. Limit: 14.