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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Review of major Supreme Court decisions and historical doctrinal trends in the exercise of judicial review, which have shaped the constitutional controversies and governmental structures: authority of Congress; federal relations; limits of presidential power; regulatory policies; and conduct of foreign policy.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits A feature of American government is its specification of individual liberties. Privacy; due process; equal protection; property rights; racial and gender discrimination; sexual harassment; freedom of expression and of religion are among those provisions of the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment that produced extensive litigation and landmark decisions.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This is a study of the historical, philosophical, economic, social, institutional, and personal elements that make the Supreme Court a political institution. Major attention is given to the Warren, Burger, and Rehnquist courts.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Examine the American legal system, including sources of law; the nature of the legal process; the role of courts, judges, and attorneys; legal reasoning; and client advocacy. Examine the interaction of law and politics and procedural aspects of litigation, including an intensive simulation of a trial.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Administration facilitates organized human activity. Basic issues which affect the administration of public activities—management agencies and programs, regulatory practices, intergovernmental relations and federalism, budgetary processes, and bureaucratic behavior—will be emphasized. The overall theme of the course addresses the question of how public administration can contribute to responsible government.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits A criminal trial is the most traumatic contact point between the individual and government. The dynamics of American justice are traced through an examination of police-citizen encounters from investigation to sentencing, with special attention focused on the constitutional protections that the Supreme Court has enunciated.
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9.00 Credits
6 C9 credits
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9.00 Credits
6 C9 creditsPOL338 Seminar 3 creditsPOL339 Directed Research 3 credits Offered three times yearly (fall, spring, and summer) Open to majors in any department or school; preference given to juniors and first-semester seniors. There are three prerequisite courses: POL 101; at least one course from among the other offerings of the department in the areas of political issues and public policy, and American government and politics; and POL 429, or its equivalent. Applications for internships in the fall, spring, or summer semesters may be obtained from Professor Axelrod, the chair of the Political Science Department, Blodgett 202.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Offered three times yearly (fall, spring, and summer) Open to majors in any department or school; preference given to juniors and first-semester seniors. There are three prerequisite courses: POL 101; at least one course from among the other offerings of the department in the areas of political issues and public policy, and American government and politics; and POL 429, or its equivalent. Applications for internships in the fall, spring, or summer semesters may be obtained from Professor Axelrod, the chair of the Political Science Department, Blodgett 202.
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