The Department of Politics, in collaboration with the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, offers the Program in American Ideas and Institutions (AIIP) for students who wish to further and to demonstrate their understandings of the three branches of the federal government and the values, ideas, and theories that underlie them and are animated by their workings. It draws together a menu of courses from American politics, political theory, public law, and other departmental offerings.
Current Course Offerings (AIIP)
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Fall 2024 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 315 Constitutional Interpretation
Instructor: Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program [Dist. Area: SA]This course is a study of the structure of the American constitutional system and of the meaning of key constitutional provisions. Students will critically evaluate competing theories of, and approaches to, constitutional interpretation.
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Spring 2024 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 332 Topics in American Statesmanship: The Art of Statesmanship and the Political Life
Instructor: Shilo Brooks, Executive Director of the James Madison Program and Lecturer in PoliticsPOL 316 Civil Liberties
Instructor: Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison ProgramPOL 563 / PHI 526 Philosophy of Law
Instructor: Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program
Past Course Offerings (AIIP)
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Fall 2023 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 315 Constitutional Interpretation
Instructor: Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and InstitutionsPOL 331 / HUM 305 Abraham Lincoln Politics: Concepts, Conflict, and Context
Instructor: Allen C. Guelzo, Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar and Director, Initiative on Politics and StatesmanshipPOL 423 Seminar in American Politics: Free Speech and the Law
Instructor: Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics
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Spring 2023 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 332 Topics in American Statesmanship: The Art of Statesmanship and the Political Life
Instructor: Shilo Brooks, Assistant Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and Lecturer in the Department of PoliticsPOL 493 The Philosophy of Law in America
Instructor: R.J. Snell, Director of Academic Programs, The Witherspoon InstitutePOL 494 Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Inquiry
Instructor: Marc DeGirolami, Visiting Professor in the Department of Politics; Cary Fields Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Law and Religion at St. John's University
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Fall 2022 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 325 The Presidency and Executive Power
Instructor: Lauren Wright, Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer in the School of Public and International Affairs and PoliticsPOL 339 The Politics of Crime and Punishment
Instructor: John Kastellec, Professor of PoliticsPOL 421 Seminar in American Politics: Election Politics and Law
Instructor: Paul Frymer, Professor of Politics and Director of the Program in Law and Public AffairsSPI 370/POL 308 Ethics and Public Policy
Instructor: Steven A. Kelts, Lecturer in Politics and the University Center for Human ValuesPOL 488 / HUM 488 / AMS 488 Secession, the Civil War, and the Constitution
Instructor: Allen C. Guelzo, Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar and Director of the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship
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Spring 2022 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 316 Civil Liberties
Instructor: Robert P. George, Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; McCormick Professor of JurisprudencePOL 314 American Constiutional Development
Instructor: Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of PoliticsPOL 320 Judicial Politics
Instructor: John Kastellec, Associate Professor of PoliticsPOL 324 Congressional Politics
Instructor: Frances Lee, Professor of Politics and Public AffairsPOL 329 Policy Making in America
Instructor: Charles Cameron, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs
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Fall 2021 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 325 The Presidency and Executive Power
Instructor: Lauren Wright, Associate Research Scholar in Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International AffairsPOL 332 Topics in American Statesmanship: Abraham Lincoln's Politics
Instructor: Allen Guelzo, Director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship, James Madison Program in American Ideals and InstitutionsPOL 315 Constitutional Interpretation
Instructor: Robert P. George, Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; McCormick Professor of JurisprudencePOL 318 Law and Society
Instructor: Sara Staszak, Research Scholar and Lecturer, School of Public and International AffairsPOL 308 Ethics and Public Policy
Instructor: Stephen Macedo, Laurence S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values
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Spring 2021 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 316 Civil Liberties
Instructor: Robert P. George, Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; McCormick Professor of JurisprudencePOL 321 American Political Thought
Instructor: Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of PoliticsPOL 329 Policy Making in America
Instructor: Charles M. Cameron, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International AffairsPOL 332 Topics in American Statesmanship: Woodrow Wilson: Progressive, Villain?
Instructor: Matthew J. Franck, Associate Director, James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; Lecturer in Politics
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Fall 2020 Course Offerings (AIIP)
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POL 315 Constitutional Interpretation
Instructor: Robert P. George, Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; McCormick Professor of JurisprudencePOL 325 The Presidency and Executive Power
Instructor: Lauren A. Wright, Associate Research Scholar and Lecturer, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs