Emphasis will be on seeking bureaucratic responsibility through congressional supervision, judicial review, and presidential control. Each student will select a federal department, bureau, or regulatory agency for analysis. Offered alternate years. GOVT 005 and GOVT 006. Throughout the world today, federalism has emerged as a possible solution to difficult questions of political organization.
Federalism is the division of authority between national and regional governments.
This course will examine critical issues in the origin and development of American federalism, and the functioning of intergovernmental relations today. Case method analysis of the theory and practice of constitutional interpretation. Federal court system, judicial review, changing ideas concerning federalism and the separation of powers, development of due process. Offered alternate years. Case method analysis of the theory and practice of constitutional interpretation.