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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 479 - U.S. Constitution: Origins and Early Development


(3 units)

European sources of constitutional thought, colonial background, impact of the American Revolution, the framing period and the rise of a judicial approach to constitutional interpretation. Emphasis throughout: the evolution of constitutionalism as a basic principle in American thought and institutions.