Group seminars are held periodically under the supervision of faculty. Credits are commensurate with the level of the student's involvement. Admission at discretion of faculty advisor. Individualized practical experience in public bureaucracies, political groups, administrative agencies or law firms. Group seminars are held periodically under the supervision of faculty.
Credits are commensurate with the level of the student's involvement.
This is a detailed study of the institutional and behavioral factors at work in legislative decision making, especially at the national level. Emphases are on the interrelationships among Congress, the Presidency, and the bureaucracy and on learning how to do research on specific legislation. The course deals with the development and practice of conflicting judicial and legal theories concerning our substantive guaranties. Students are asked to act as advocates in developing and substantiating theories of their own. An examination of separation of powers, federalism and the democratic process as reflected by Supreme Court decisions.