* PLSC 0202a, American Constitutionalism: Power and its Limits  Gordon Silverstein

What happens when a modern superpower tries to govern itself under an 18th Century Constitution? Using original documents, contemporaneous books, and U.S. Supreme Court cases, this course explores the debates that have defined America's struggle to live up to its sometimes conflicting commitments to liberty, equality and the consent of the governed. Enrollment limited to first-year students.  SO
TTh 2:30pm-3:45pm

* PLSC 0223a / ENGL 0711a, Lincoln in Thought and Action  David Bromwich

An intensive examination of the career, political thought, and speeches of Abraham Lincoln in their historical context. Enrollment limited to first-year students.   WR, HU
MW 1pm-2:15pm

* PLSC 0243a / HIST 0125 / HUMS 0350a / HUMS 035a and HUMS 0350a, The American Death Penalty  Lincoln Caplan

This first-year seminar focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 44-year experiment in regulating the American death penalty. The aims of the course are to have students learn about the workings and history of the system of capital punishment in the U.S, which is one of the most controversial elements of American criminal justice, and decide whether, in their view, the experiment is succeeding or failing—why and how. For students interested in the criminal justice system. Enrollment limited to first-year students.   SO
TTh 1pm-2:15pm