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Course Name: POL HE 5046 Select Constitutions
Course Name: POL HE 5046 Select Constitutions
About the Course:
About the Course:
Course Objective:
Course Objective:
The course introduces the constitutional and political systems of four (4) countries.Students will have a stronger and more informed perspective on approaches to studying the constitutional and political systems of these countries in a comparative manner.
Course outcomes:
Course outcomes:
Students will be able to understand the importance of constitutions;
This paper is an integral part of public services examinations.
Students will be introduced to the various types of constitutions and the forms of governments from different parts of the world.
Course Plan: POL HE 5046 Select Constitutions
Course Plan: POL HE 5046 Select Constitutions
Session Plan:
Session Plan:
Unit I: United Kingdom
Unit I: United Kingdom
The British Political Tradition Parliamentary Government— i)Monarchy, ii) Cabinet, iii) Parliament
Political Parties and Interest Groups
Rule of Law and the Judicial System
Unit II: United States of America
Unit II: United States of America
Making of the American Constitution, The Federal System
National Government— i)The President ii) Congress iii) Supreme Court
Political Parties and Interest Groups in USA
Comparison of UK and US Constitutions:
i) British Prime Minister vs US President 94
ii) House of Lords vs Senate
iii) Speaker of House of Commons vs Speaker of House of Representatives
Unit III: Peoples Republic of China
Unit III: Peoples Republic of China
Revolutionary Legacy: Communist Revolution and the Cultural Revolution
Structure of Government:
National Peoples Congress
The President and the State Council
Peoples courts and Peoples Procuratorates
Rights and Duties of Citizens
Party System, and Role of the Communist Party
Unit III: Switzerland
Unit III: Switzerland
Swiss Political Tradition
Swiss Federalism
Structure of Federal Government: Legislature, Executive, Judiciary
Direct Democracy, Political Parties and Interest Groups
Readings:
Readings:
Alexander, Larry, Constitutionalism: Philosophical Foundation, Cambridge University Press, 2001
Almond and Powell, Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach, Prentice Hall, 1979
Dahl, Robert, Theory and Practice of Modern Government, Prentice Hall, 1978
Elster, Jon & Slagstad(Ed), Constitutionalism and Democracy, Cambridge University Press, 1993
Finer, H, Theory and Practice of Modern Government, Mituban, 1965
Longford, W. John & Brownsey, K. Lorne, The Changing Shape of Government in the Asia Pacific Region, IRPP, 1988
Ray, S. N., Comparative Political Systems, Prentice Hall, 1997
Rosenbaum, S. Alan, Constitutionalism: The Philosophical Dimension, Greenwood Press, 1988
Willoughby, Westel Woobdury , The American Constitutional System; An Introduction to the Study of the American State, General Books LLC, 2009
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