The Center for Human Rights and Migration organizes the course ”Separation of Powers and Individual Rights under the United States Constitutional Law” held by Mr. Siegfried Wiessner, Professor of Law within St. Thomas University School of Law and the Founder and Director of its LL.M. and J.S.D. Programs in Intercultural Human Rights.
The course is free of charge and available for all Law BA and MA students. Participants will receive Attendance Certificates.
Subscription available at: http://bit.ly/1vSTzjz
Under a comparative perspective, this course is designed to briefly introduce you to United States constitutional law and theory, including the structure and philosophy of government, the allocation of powers, both horizontally and vertically, in the federal system, and selected individual rights.
DECEMBER 15th, 2014 ASSIGNMENTS:
- Genesis, Theory and Relevancy of the Constitution: The Road Toward Dual Sovereignty
- Federalism: Vertical Separation of Powers
- Horizontal Separation of Powers
DECEMBER 16th, 2014 ASSIGNMENTS:
- Individual Rights: Selected Issues
- The First Amendment
- The Second Amendment: A Uniquely American Right
- Equal Protection: Tiers of Review and Fundamental Rights
- Substantive Due Process: The Evolution of the Privacy Right
Additional information about SIEGFRIED WIESSNER -http://legal.un.org/avl/ls/Wiessner_HR.html
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The event is organized within the framework of the project “PRACTICAL SCHOOL: Innovation in Higher Education and Success on the Labor Market”, POSDRU/156/1.2/G/132920, implemented by the Romanian-American University in partnership with Center for Legal Resources.
The project is co-financed from the European Social Fund through the Sectorial Operational Program Human Resource Development 2007-2013.
