Please join us Thursday, October 27, at 5 p.m. in DB 004 (Brian Doyle Lecture Hall) for the annual Helen J. Schwarten Foundations of Freedom Lecture. This year our speaker is philosopher James R. Otteson who will deliver his talk: “Adam Smith on Justice and Social Justice.” Professor Otteson is the John T. Ryan Professor […]
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Annual Constitution Day Event (Sept. 15)
Be a good American citizen and join us for the annual Constitution Day Event on Thursday, September 15, at 5 p.m. in D-B 004! This year we are hosting Law Professor Ofer Raban, who will discuss his recent book, The Silent Prologue: How Judicial Philosophies Shape Our Constitutional Rights (George Mason University Press, 2020). Professor Raban teaches constitutional law, jurisprudence, […]
UP Mock Trial headed to National Championship Tournament
The UP Mock Trial team are headed to the National Championship Tournament, which is scheduled for April 16-18 and can be watched over Zoom. The team placed 3rd out of 24 teams in the Open Round Championship and won a ballot to earn their spot in the championship. The team also won the tournament’s Spirit […]
Constitution Day Lecture, Sept. 17: Nick Buccola
The political science department will present its annual Constitution Day Lecture on Tuesday, September 17, 5 to 6:30 p.m., in Dundon-Berchtold room 004. Professor Nick Buccola of the Linfield College political science department will give a talk about Frederick Douglass’s constitutional theory. Frederick Douglass, of course, is the 19th century American statesman and political thinker who escaped slavery to […]
New Minor in Constitutional Studies
The political science department now offers a minor in Constitutional Studies, according to department chair Bill Curtis. The Constitutional Studies minor is an interdisciplinary liberal arts course of study that seeks to introduce students to U.S. constitutional law and its historical, political, and philosophical roots. It provides students who are considering going to law school […]
Zachary Price Lecture, “Constitutional Law in a Polarized Era,” Oct. 3
Zachary Price of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, will present “Constitutional Law in a Polarized Era” on Wednesday, October 3, at 5 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. His lecture is free and open to all. Before entering academics, Price served for three years as an attorney in the Office of Legal […]
Constitution Day Presentation, Sept. 17
William Curtis and Gary Malecha, political science, will present the 2018 Constitution Day Lecture, “Supreme Court Nominations in a New Political Order,” on Monday, September 17, at 7 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. The lecture is free and open to all. For more information contact political science at x7274 or mackinno@up.edu.
Constitution Day Lecture with Bill Curtis, Sept. 19
The 2017 Constitution Day presentation will take place on Tuesday, September 19, at 7:30 p.m., in Franz Hall room 120. Bill Curtis, political science, will be speaking about significant constitutional cases that are up for consideration by the Supreme Court. The title will be “Travel Bans, Cell Phone Searches, and Wedding Cakes: The Supreme Court’s […]
Annual Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice, Feb. 23: David Schmidtz
Philosopher David Schmidtz will deliver “Markets in Education,” as the 2017 Mazzocco Lecture in Distributive Justice, on Thursday, February 23, at 5 p.m., in Shiley Hall 301. Schmidtz is Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and Eller Chair of Service-Dominant Logic at the University of Arizona, ranked as the top graduate program in the world in political philosophy. He is editor of Social […]
Constitution Day Lecture
William Curtis, political science, will present “The Constitutional Jurisprudence of Justice Clarence Thomas,” a Constitution Day presentation, on Tuesday, September 17, at 7 p.m., in St. Mary’s Student Center. Curtis will discuss Justice Clarence Thomas’s judicial philosophy, approach to interpreting the Constitution, and several of his noteworthy opinions. For more information contact Gary Malecha, political […]