Philosophy of Law / Jurisprudence

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Supplmental Information on the newer justices to the Court. A copy of the Supplemental Info (Adobe PDF format) is also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Administrative Law & Bureaucracy (POL 453) (Main Campus, Spring 2008)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) and the University's official attachment (Adobe PDF format) are also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for History of Western Philosophy II (HIS/PHI 302) (Main Campus, Spring 2008)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) is also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Non-Western Culture & History (HIS 325 AE) (Main Campus, Spring 2008 [Mar/Apr])

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) is also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Public Finance & Budgeting (MPA 530) (Main Campus, Fall Term 2 [Nov/Dec] 2007)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) and the University's official attachment (Adobe PDF format) are also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Political Economy (POL 395) (Main Campus, Fall 2007)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) and the University's official attachment (Adobe PDF format) are also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Diplomatic History (HIS/POL 443) (Main Campus, Fall 2007)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) and the University's official attachment (Adobe PDF format) are also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Constitutional Law (POL 483/HIS 493) (Main Campus, Fall Term 1 [Sep/Oct] 2007)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) and the University's official attachment (Adobe PDF format) are also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Case Brief format for assignment. A copy of the Case Brief assignment outline (MS Word format) is also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Administrative Law & Bureaucracy (POL 453 AE) (Main Campus, Spring Term 2 [Mar/Apr] 2007)

For the preview of a US Supreme Court case of interest in admin law, see Zuni School District v. Department of Education (New Mexico) [drawn from Cornell's LII Listserv].

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) and the Zuni case preview are also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Constitutional Law (POL 483/HIS 493) (Main Campus, Spring 2007)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) is also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Law & Literature (POL/ENG 330) (Main Campus, Spring 2007)

Click here for the Readings List to primary sources beyond our main texts..

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus and readings (MS Word format) are also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb, along with pdf copies of supplemental text selections.

Syllabus for MPA 585 A/B - The Political Economy of Public Administration (Main Campus, Fall Term 1 [Sep-Oct] 2006)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) is also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Classical Political Philosophy (HIS 433 / PHI 423 / POL 423) (Main Campus, Fall 2006)

We will use Blackboard this term for all online activity. A copy of the syllabus (MS Word format) is also posted in the Course Documents section in Bb.

Syllabus for Constitutional Law (POL 483) (Main Campus, Criminal Justice Active Duty program, Mar/Apr 2004)

This course is web enhanced, and will be conducted both via face-to-face weekly sessions and on Blackboard. You can here link to Blackboard, or login through the CalBaptist website.

Syllabus for American Government (POL 213) (San Bernardino, Nov/Dec Evening College, 2003)

Click on this link with your right mouse button to see a copy of the final examination questions. Click on this link with your left mouse button to "save target as ..." and save it to your own computer to work with offline. POL 213 Final Examination

Click on this link with your right mouse button to see a copy of the mid-term examination questions. Click on this link with your left mouse button to "save target as ..." and save it to your own computer to work with offline. POL 213 Mid-Term Examination

This course is web enhanced, and will be conducted both via face-to-face weekly sessions and on Blackboard. You can here link to Blackboard, or login through the CalBaptist website. You should also access the textbook website for chapter outlines, quizzes and associated research weblinks at Houghton Mifflin/Lasser site.

To logon to use Blackboard, remember that your username is your student ID number. If you are logging on for the very first time, your password is "changeme" (without the quotation marks). You should then use the "Change Password" menu option to change your password to something more secure, and also check your personal profile information to show the email account you want to use during this class. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Syllabus for Modern Political Philosophy, POL 425 (PO) (Main Campus, Summer 2001)

Aug 14th: If you're interested in reviewing the piece about Bentham mentioned in last night's class session, that includes a picture of his "auto icon," then follow this link to Bentham.

Jul 10th: I have added a list of specific readings from Marx to the online syllabus for our class discussions on Aug 13th and 20th. Note that one reading must be done online; you do not have it in your text.

An interesting link to contemporary federalist philosophy and liinks to historical documents can be found at The Constitution Society .

Discussion Forum for Political Science students

Syllabus for International Relations, POL 333 (PO) (Main Campus, Spring 2001)

Final Exam

Active link to Online Companion Website [or plug www.internationalrelations.net into your favorite browser]

See an interesting item on the National Good, by Michael Lind, discussing the role of small, homogenous nation-states in the evolving world system today. Rather than being a problem, he suggests this development is indeed a national good.

See the Weekly IR Quiz Process guidelines for a note on instructions for Quiz #7. It will be handled a bit differently than quizzes 1-6. No change in due date.

Good news and bad news about our textbook: the Bookstore has been able to locate a number of used texts that will be cheaper for you to purchase, but they will not include Microsoft's Encarta Atlas on cd-rom. That is unfortunate, but remember that the atlas is not essential to completing the course. We will cover options for internet research apart from such proprietary software packages.

A new quiz will be posted each week. Click on the link to go to this week's question(s). Respond to me via email with your answer(s) per the class schedule. Latest IR Quiz   [Click on the following link to review the Weekly IR Quiz Process guidelines.]

Additional readings in IR will be listed here:
Jeffrey Sachs on "Helping the world's poorest" [from The Economist]
Andrew Pollack on "Biological Products Raise Genetic Ownership Issues" [from NYT]
Neil King, Jr. on "CIA on the Web" [from WSJ]

Syllabus for International Relations, POL 333 (Main Campus, Fall 1999)

Additional readings in IR will be listed here:
Jeffrey Sachs on "Helping the world's poorest" [from The Economist]
Andrew Pollack on "Biological Products Raise Genetic Ownership Issues" [from NYT]
IR Final Exam in html format

Syllabus for Political Economy, POL 395 (Main Campus, Spring 1999)

Note change in syllabus: for Jan 21st, reading from TPE is 55-78 (no change in reading from SVM); and Quiz #4 has been moved to Jan 28th from Feb 1st (Response Paper #2 remains due on Feb 1st as noted)

For an item of interest from the Australian Financial Review on modern international political economy, click here for Jean-Pierre Lehmann's essay on foreign policy's subordination to economic policy. A nice piece to read alongside Schwartz.

For an item of interest from the Wall Street Journal on Keynesianism, click here for an essay concerning Keynesian tactics in the midst of global recession. A nice piece to read alongside Caporaso & Levine.

Syllabus for Constitutional Law, POL 483 (San Bernardino, Fall 1998)

Follow this link to an alphabetical listing of the cases held at the Cornell Legal Institute site. Scroll down the list and click on each case name to read the case on screen or to save/print out for later study. You will find 6 of the 7 cases at this site (Marbury, Pennhurst, McCulloch, Gibbons, Heart of America Motel, and Katzenbach). For the 7th case (Seminole), see the next link below. Cornell's LII alpha listing.

For the majority opinion in the Seminole case (courtesy of FindLaw), click here - Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida

For reference list of my publications in philosophy of law: click here

JURIST's legal news ticker

Discussion Forum for my Political Science students

Limited number of copies still available from CBU Bookstore

At the Intersection of Legality & Morality: Hartian Law as Natural Law
by Daniel W. Skubik (NY: Peter Lang Publishers, 1990) ISBN: 0-8204-1327-5

External Links

Human Rights Watch

Repertoire of The Practice Of The U.N. Security Council

Currently provides reports in .PDF format covering 1946-1909 to 1981-1984 sessions