COURSES AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 COURSES

I teach the introductory course in U.S. Government and advanced Government, Paralegal Studies, and International Studies courses that lie at the intersection of law, politics, and public policy.

Syllabi
Constitutional Law                           Courts and Civil Liberties
Environmental Law and Policy            Criminal Law and Procedure

In the multi-campus Canadian Studies Online Program, I coordinate and teach, as a member of a six faculty team, Perspectives on Canada. I also teach my own Canadian Studies Online Program courses on

Comparative Constitutional Law               North American Politics 
Human Rights                                        Law, Politics, and Federalism

Published Syllabi
My Canadian syllabi have been published by the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) and the American Political Science Association.

“North American Politics,” Canadian Studies Course Syllabi Bank, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 2004. Available at http://acsus.org/display.cfm?id=358&Sub+381   
  
“Comparative Constitutional Law” and “Perspectives on Canada,” Canadian Studies Course Syllabi Bank, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 2004, updated 2007. Available at http://acsus.org/display.cfm?id=358&Sub=381

"Law, Politics, and Federalism: U.S. Canada, and Germany, Canadian Studies Course Syllabi Bank, Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, 2007. Available at http://acsus.org/display.cfm?id=358&Sub=381

"Civil Liberties in Comparative Perspective: The United States, Canada, and Germany," in Gregory Mahler, APSA Canadian Syllabus Collection, 93-103. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association, 2000. Available at http://www.apsanet.org/content_3822.cfm .


TEACHING METHODS AND MATERIALS

Articles
My classroom teaching is based on Multiple Intelligences theory about which I have published three articles. 

"The Bourgeois Gentleman, Multiple Intelligences Theory, and Public Law Courses," Law and Courts, 11(2): 9-13 (2001). Also available at
http://www.law.nyu.edu/lawcourts/pubs/newsletter/spring01.pdf  

“Multiple Intelligences Theory, Problem-Based Learning, and the Environmental Law and Policy Course,” The Kentucky Journal of Excellence in College Teaching and Learning, 1:1 2003). Available at  http://www.uky.edu/TLC/JournalNew/JournalPage3.htm      

"Creating the Active Learner: A Model for Paralegal Courses," Journal of Paralegal Education and Practice, 16(1): 23-47 (2000).

 Case Books and Encyclopedia Essays
To facilitate my Multiple Intelligences teaching methods, I have designed, written, and edited course books. These books contain a primer on case briefing, a collection of cases and hypothetical problems, and my encyclopedia essays on legal concepts and cases.
 
Primer
"A Primer on Case Briefing," 1992, 2000, 2005.
This 12 page article is my MSU course books on Criminal Law and Procedure, 12th ed., 2005; Constitutional Law in the Third Century, 13th ed., 2005;  Fundamental Rights in Action, 18th ed., 2007; and Environmental Law and Policy, 20th ed., 2007. 

Case Books
Constitutional Law in the Third Century, 12th ed. 2003.
Contains my essays on Clinton v. Jones (1997), Executive Agreements, Executive Orders, Tax Immunities, Taxing and Spending Clause

Fundamental Rights in Action, 18th ed., 2007.
Contains my essays on FCC v. Pacifica Foundation (1978) New York v. Ferber (1982), Virginia v. Black (2003)

Criminal Law and Procedure, 12th ed., 2006.
Contains my essays on Miranda v. Arizona (1966), Model Penal Code.

Environmental Law and Policy, 20th ed., 2007. 
Contains my essays on Public Trust Doctrine and Environmental Issues, Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power Commission (1965), Sierra Club v. Morton (1972), Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill (1978).