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Session 8: The Constitution and American Self-Government


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Focus
How does the Constitution work? How do constitutional means produce constitutional ends? How do the principles of the regime work their way into the mechanisms of the federal government? What role does public opinion play in constitutional self-government?
Readings
Constitution of the United States of America
Declaration of Independence
The Federalist Papers
William B. Allen, “Best Friends: The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution”
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