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Jun 22, 2024
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MAT 813 - Constitutional Issues in U.S. History3 credits
This course provides students in the social studies track with a solid foundation on the creation of the nation’s founding document as well as the significant social, economic, and political debates involving its interpretation from 1789 to the present. Course learning objectives include developing a thorough understanding of the document’s parts, of the debates surrounding ratification and the Bill of Rights, of the major amendments, and of the major court
decisions involving the Constitution’s changing interpretation in U.S. history. Course readings include Kermit Hall et al. American Legal History: Cases and Materials, 4th edition (2010), Peter Irons, The Steps to the Supreme Court (2012), Garrett Epps, Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America (2007).
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