TOPICS: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW in Spring 2025 (LW2091A)

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Course Master: 
TOPICS IN LAW (LW2091)
Term: 
Spring 2025
Discipline: 
LW (Law)
Credits: 
4 credits
Type: 
Regular
Level: 
Undergraduate
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
Yes
Cross Listed: 
TOPICS: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW in Spring 2025 (PO2091A)
Exam Date: 
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 16:00
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Professor(s)

Notes

To explore the way in which contemporary political power is organized, particularly through constitutions, the Political Institutions course clarifies several core concepts and examines various case studies in order, to allow students to gain a thorough understanding of the design and evolution of political regimes in western democracies, divided societies and authoritarian regimes.


Learning Outcomes

  1. Students will be able to conduct literature-based research.
  2. Students will be able to critically read and interpret (internal and external critique).
  3. Students will be able to analyze and summarize.
  4. Students will be able to write and present a convincing argument.
  5. Students will demonstrate enhanced written and oral communication skills.
  6. Students will make connections between and prioritize information coherently in response to given issues.
  7. Students will propose an insightful analysis or argument, both in terms of the information used and mastery of intellectual tools.
  8. Students will be able to link the knowledge acquired to current affairs.

Syllabus

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Book List

TitleAuthorPublisherISBN Number
Constitutions compared : an introduction to comparative constitutional law
Heringa, Aalt Willem
Eleven
978-94-6236-419-6

Schedule

Start Date: 
Monday, January 13, 2025
End Date: 
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
DayStart TimeEnd TimeRoom
Wednesday
15:20
18:15
G-009