Bruno, Jonathan

Students imagine themselves to be policy advisers and write a policy memorandum on government transparency and secrecy to the imagined Transparency Reform Council. Goal/s: (1) To familiarize students with a new writing genre. Students with significant...

Students conduct a mock congressional hearing on the dilemma of state secrecy and experience the challenges of policymaking. Goal/s: (1) Understanding the Dilemma of State Secrecy. Students will gain a keener understanding of the dilemma of state secrecy...

This debate about whether judicial review is compatible with democracy is meant to get students thinking about what sort of ideal democracy is, and to see both its procedural and substantive components. Prior to class, students had read Dworkin (1997), pp...