开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 6 weeks
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所在平台: CourseraArchive 课程类别: 社会科学 大学或机构: Yale University（耶鲁大学） 授课老师： Akhil Reed Amar |
课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/course/awc
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"America’s Written Constitution" is now being offered as the first of two new stand-alone courses. The second course, "America's Unwritten Constitution," will be offered in January 2015. These two courses were offered together in January 2014 under the name "Constitutional Law," however feedback from our students suggested the learning experience would be more valuable and effective if we split the course into to distinct offerings.
This course is designed to introduce you to one of the most important texts in human history—the United States Constitution. Why and how did this document come into existence in the 1780s? How and why has it been amended over the years? Who decides what it means? What are the ground rules for proper constitutional interpretation?
Over the next 6 weeks, this course will go through the constitution in its textual order. Starting with the Preamble, working through all 7 articles, the Bill of Rights, and ending with the 27th amendment. We will also be discussing the substantive themes of The Document, such as democracy, slavery, and national security. Our hope is that anyone who completes this course will be left with a solid enough understanding of the written text to formulate their own opinions on the ever-present constitutional debates impacting U.S. society.
This course will run from October 20 through the end of November (we are likely to provide you time after the release of the final lectures [Nov 24 - 30] to complete your final writing assignment).
This course will cover material from the book America's Constitution: A Biography. We will cover two chapter topics each week. We will also provide "bonus content" each week. The nature of this content will vary. It might be a video conversation between Professor Amar and students or colleagues. It might be a live video chat with the teaching assistants. It might be one hour where the TAs answer questions in real-time in one of the discussion forums.
Each writing assignment will have 3 options; you should choose one option to submit. When you evaluate your peers' assignments, please make sure you grade the same option that you selected. E.g., If you submitted an assignment for "Essay 1 (Option 3)" you should only evaluate other students who submitted Option 3.
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An introduction to the main themes of the American Constitution—popular sovereignty, separation of powers, federalism, and rights.
