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by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance Garnett
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Films:
Man of Aran, a splendid documentary filmed in 1934, available from Amazon Prime Video. It is 77 minutes long--and you see in detail the lives of Aran fishermen and their families. Into the West, a 1992 feature film starring Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkan. It concerns the Travellers, contemporary Ireland (including Dublin slums), and magical realism involving the Oisin myths and Tir na nOg. Two young actors playing Ossie (Oisin) and Tito are excellent. Playboy of the Western World, best-known version is Hurst's feature film made about 1951, available from Vimeo and may be available from Amazon Prime Video.
by William Faulkner
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
By Bart Ehrman
Other Resources:
By John Milton
Links to other Resources:
When Milton met Galileo amp.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/20/john-milton-paradise-lost-galileo-collision-of-cultures-bbc-documentary By Albert Camus
Other Resources:
The Moral Meaning of the Plague - by David Brooks www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/opinion/coronavirus-meaning.html?referringSource=articleShare Camus on the Coronavirus www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-camus-plague.html Camus's Inoculation Against Hate https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/books/review/the-plague-albert-camus-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare Bubonic Plague Found in a Herder in Inner Mongolia, China Says https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/world/asia/china-bubonic-plague-inner-mongolia.html?referringSource=articleShare Camus' Plague and Ours lawliberty.org/camus-plague-and-ours/ By Serene Jones
By Leo Donald Davis
By William Shakespeare
By Elizabeth Kolbert
This is the link to the video we watched on Sunday. ( Plate Tectonics Link )
by Willa Cather "Eric Hermannso's Soul"
Marcus Aurelius's Meditations
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55317
Other Resources:
LibriVox recording of Benito Cereno: https://librivox.org/benito-cereno-by-herman-melville/ The Project Gutenberg ebook:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15859/15859-h/15859-h.htm#toc_4 Section 1. Before the Constitution This class will discuss our need for a constitution and the history that preceded its drafting. We will learn about differences between English and American constitutionalism and influences from American antecedents to the Constitution such as the Revolution and the failure of the Articles of Confederation. This class will explore how the drafters sought to balance various concerns in the original Constitution and the many compromises in it. Reading assignment:
Section 2: Judicial Review This class will address the Supreme Court’s authority to interpret and review the U.S. Constitution.
Section 3: Theories of Constitutional Interpretation This class will explore approaches to interpreting the Constitution, especially originalism and living constitutionalism.
Section 4: Federalism This class will explore separation of powers between national and state governments with emphasis on the federal Commerce Clause, implied legislative powers, and the dormant commerce clause. Reading assignment:
Section 5: The Executive and Separation of PowersThis class will concern powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government and separation of powers among those branches. This class will focus in particular on the specific powers assigned to the executive branch and ways that branch has evolved over time.
Section 6: Safeguards of LibertyThis class begins a review of Constitutional amendments. We will learn about the protections for speech and religion, ways they have changed over time, and ways they apply to various circumstances. We will also explore the Establishment Clause and its meaning in today’s society.
Section 7: Safeguards of JusticeThis class addresses another group of important constitutional provisions: the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, all guaranteeing rights to individuals accused of committing crimes. These amendments protect us against unreasonable searches, ensure our right to remain silent in the face of police questioning, and allow us to demand the assistance of counsel and trial by jury. These rights are fundamental to our system of criminal justice. Then we will examine the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, and incorporation.
Section 8: The Fifth Amendment “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”
Section 9: Safeguards of Civil RightsThis class will consider the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th Amendment. We will begin by discussing race discrimination and the anti-classification and anti-subordination perspectives on equal protection. Next, we will discuss sex discrimination and abortion decisions derived from the due process clause. Finally, we will examine discrimination based on sexual orientation and the social progress of major civil rights movements in the United States.
Resources mentioned in class:
By F. F. Bruce
By Jack Weatherford
Becoming Jefferson's People: Re-Inventing the American Republic in the Twenty-First Century7/8/2018 By Clay S. Jenkinson
By John N. Oswalt
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