Event Details

End: June 30, 2019
Contact: MMarcus@nyhistory.org
More Info: https://www.nyhistory.org/education/higher-education/institute-constitutional-history/upcoming-events?_ga=2.102243649.1352613344.1554305100-700801657.1554147365

Much of our constitutional law today arises not out of the Founding and not out of the Reconstruction Amendments, but outof the great controversies and social mobilizations of the twentieth century. On four Fridays this fall Jamal Greene and John Fabian Witt will lead seminar participants on a guided tour through new literature on the history of the twentieth-century constitution. Topics include the invention of free speech, the making of the modern administrative state, the rise and fall of labor’s constitution, transformations in rights talk, and the significance of constitutional methods such as “originalism.” We will close with a consideration of the Constitution’s future prospects.

The seminar takes place on four Fridays, from 2-5 pm: September 20, October 4 and 18, and Novemeber 1.  The deadline for applications is June 30, 2019.