American Government; Philosophic Structure; Democratization -- Con Law I.
Describes the philosophic architecture of the 1787 institutions -- what, in principle, their design theory consisted of. The focus is on what kind of political personality or "leadership figure" was best suited for each branch and how this personification correlated with how close to the people each institution was. The more insulated the branch, the more refined the institutional stagecraft was thought to be. At the end, the focus is upon how democratization took over each of the three federal institutions (with the caveat that the Senate is still not proportional, of course. DOWNLOAD.
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Aristocracy; american constitution; removal of social sectors of governance; american government -- conlaw1
Describes how American constitutionalism (and American government) rid itself of the clearly defined sectors of society that in aristocratic life were given sanction to rule society. I call the slide "bulldozing aristocracy" for obvious reasons. :) DOWNLOAD.
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Executive authority; structure of; plural executive; american government -- conlaw1
A plural executive. (rather straight forward). DOWNLOAD.
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Executive power; article II substance; "dog on the chain;" amercan government -- conlaw1
Takes a look at how the president's important Article II powers are substantively chained to the Congress. This is thought to be a purposeful architectural in the design of American government. It's referred to as putting "the dog on the chain." DOWNLOAD.
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Executive power; structure of; corporate structure (administrative integration) as opposed to disbursed (administrative disintegration); american government -- conlaw1
The difference between having a corporate executive structure (administrative integration) versus having a disbursed structure of authority (administrative disintegration). DOWNLOAD.
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judiciary; structure of; checks and balances; "controlling shelob;" american government -- conlaw1
Ah yes, "a tuition moment." This one features the judiciary as "shelob" (the terrible spider) from Lord of the Rings. However, in order for Shelob to eat and move about, it has to rely upon Congress. DOWNLOAD.
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Judiciary; structure of; independence; american government -- conlaw1
Distinguishes between a judiciary that is a defendant creature of the legislature (as in parliamentary-designed system) versus a judiciary that is a co-equal branch (as in a constitutionally-designed system) DOWNLOAD.
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judiciary; subservient; parliamentary system; american government -- conlaw1
Conceptualizes what the judiciary would be like if it were organized as a department of Congress. It would be closer to the political clamor and have to account for its decisions directly to Congress. DOWNLOAD.
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Parliamentary versus constitutional systems; structure of government; american government -- con law 1
Describes the logical structure and organization of parliamentary and constitutional systems. DOWNLOAD.
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