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Comparative Constitutional Law
Last Updated Date: 5 July 2024
5 Units, Semester 1
Course Description:
At present there is an unprecedented and ongoing world-wide conversation about how to resolve contentious constitutional questions. There is, consequently, more convergence over answers to constitutional questions and less divergence than we have seen in modern times. A part of that conversation concerns which precedents, issuing out of which jurisdictions, provide models for judicial decision making and which other precedents should be strenuously avoided. This course examines the content of what is called the canons of comparative constitutional law. Of interest will be cases that serve not only as models of constitutional analysis but also as anti-models. We will be guided by essays authored by a diverse set of constitutional scholars, addressing a variety of topics, in addition to a selection of the precedents that they have nominated as canons of comparative constitutional law. Among the topics for discussion will be equality, fundamental freedoms, property rights, proportionality analysis, social rights, and the separation of powers. In addition, selected regional approaches and historic moments that inform contemporary constitutional debates are examined.
Course Convenor: Visiting Prof David Schneiderman
Co-teacher(s): NA
Course Codes: LL4012 / LL5012 / LL6012 / LLJ5012
Contact Hours: 9 sessions over 3 weeks: Three, 3hr weekly seminars
Workload: Intensive course: Wk 1 - 3; Dates: 12 - 30 Aug 2024 [Mon, Wed: 6.30 - 9.30pm; & Fri: 3 - 6pm]
Mode of Assessment: Class participation (discussion on assigned readings) – 15%
Research Paper – 85% [Due: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 (9pm)]
Preclusions: (1) Students who have taken or are taking LL4304/LL5304/LL6304; LL4304V/LL5304V/LL6304V Global Comparative Constitutional Law; LL4369/LL5369/LL6369 Constitutionalism in Asia; LL4368/LL5368/LL6368 Comparative Constitutionalism are precluded. (2) Students who have done Comparative Constitutional Law [Module code: L55.3027] under the NYU@NUS Summer Session are precluded.
Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or equivalent.
Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination
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