North American Constitutional History

Catalog description

Comparative study of the constitutional history of North America including the three countries in this region: the United States, Mexico, and Canada. This course covers the origins and transformations of the American Constitution since its enactment in the late eighteenth century until present days in periods such as the early republic, the post-Civil War era, the welfare state, and the Civil Rights Movement. It also examines the Mexican Constitutions, as part of the Latin American constitutional experience in North America, and Canada, as an alternative democratic system for a former British colony, with attention to the protection of indigenous rights.