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Constitutional Law I: Governance

Course Description

This course examines the structure of our constitutional system and the roles that separation of powers, federalism and judicial review play in that system. The course thus explores the relation among the three branches of the federal government, the allocation of power between the states and the federal government, and the principles that govern judicial review of governmental action.

Current and Previous Instructors

Key to Codes in Course Descriptions

P: Prerequisite
C: Prerequisite or Concurrent Requirement
R: Recommended Prior or Concurrent Course

Currently Scheduled Sections

CRN: 22329

  • Spring '26
  • 3
  • Mon: 9:50-11:50
    Wed: 10:55-11:50

    Day

  • Guha Krishnamurthi

  • 0 openings. (Limit 60). First Year

  • 528a

  • Jonathan D. Varat | Vikram D. Amar | Evan H. Caminker, Constitutional Law, Cases and Materials 16th Edition , West Academic , 2021

    ISBN: 9781647083618

CRN: 21647

  • Spring '26
  • 3
  • Mon: 9:50-11:50
    Wed: 10:55-11:50

    Day

  • Mark Graber

  • 0 openings. (Limit 73). First Year

  • 528a

  • Gillman, Graber and Whittington, American Constitutionalism, Volume 2, third edition , Oxford , Paperback 2021

    ISBN: 978-01975276434

CRN: 20626

  • Spring '26
  • 3
  • Tues: 9:50-11:50
    Thurs: 9:50-10:45

    Day

  • Max Stearns

  • 0 openings. (Limit 60). First Year

  • 528a

  • Materials to be posted on Blackboard or distributed in class

    Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet, Karlan, Huq, Litman, Constitutional Law, 9th Edition , Aspen , 2023

    ISBN: 9781543838510

CRN: 23651

  • Spring '26
  • 3
  • Mon: 6:30-8:30
    Wed: 6:30-7:25

    Evening

  • Richard Boldt

  • 21 openings. (Limit 60). First Year Evening and Second Year Evening

  • 528E

  • Jonathan D. Varat, Vikram D. Amar, & Evan H. Caminker, Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials, 16th Edition , Foundation Press , Hardbound 2021

    ISBN: 9781647083618

    Please note that, although a new edition of this book (17th edition) is being released in mid-December 2025, I have elected to order the 16th edition, which the publisher has informed me is still available for purchase.