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Comparative Constitutnl Law
LAW
708

Comparative Constitutnl Law

Hours

3.0 Credit, Arr Lecture, 0 Lab
Introduction to the major systems of constitutional judicial review outside the United States with a focus on equal protection, separation of powers, constitutional interpretation, and fundamental rights.

Assessment of Issues

Students will be able to assess major issues of constitutional law in a cross-cultural perspective.

Different Approaches

Students will understand different approaches to the tradition of constitutionalism.

Judicial Review

Students will understand different approaches to the permissibility, structuring and practice of judicial review in differing constitutional systems.

Centralization and Decentralization

Students will understand differing approaches to centralization and decentralization of government, including strategies in federal and non-federal systems.

Relationships

Students will understand the relationship of constitutionalism to protection of various key constitutional rights, including rights to privacy, equality, freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

Theoretical Issues

Students will have a deeper appreciation of theoretical issues underlying key constitutional issues, and how these play out in differing legal systems.

Strategies

Students will have a deeper appreciation of strategies the legal systems (and legal practitioners) can used in defending fundamental human rights.

Writing and Analysis

Students will develop skills in preparing formal writing and analysis of constitutional issues.

Research

Students will be able to carry out research on constitutional issues.

Other Legal Systems

Students will, depending on language skills, learn the rudiments of carrying out legal research and analysis regarding constitutional issues in one or more other legal systems.