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Graduate Record 2018-2019 
    
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Graduate Record 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

LAW 9116 - Direct Democracy

Voters in many American states use direct democracy to make laws on everything from soda bottles and horsemeat to taxes and same-sex marriage. In so doing, they sidestep many of the checks and balances of republican government that the Framers carefully designed. This seminar will examine the history, theory, and practice of direct democracy, as structured by federal and state constitutional law.



Credits: 3