PSCI 389 - Interpreting the American Constitution

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Harris. This course may be offered as a Benjamin Franklin seminar. See current timetable. Interpretive theory in the constitutional context. A systematic study of the configuration of the American polity in language that has binding authority, assessing the public arguments (judicial and otherwise) made to justify interpretation of this text and other sources of constitutional values: WHAT is the Constitution WHO may authoritatively interpret it HOW is it to be interpreted

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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