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III. Government.

Government B1: Constitutional Government.—A description and comparison
of the theories and essential features of the governments of the
United States, England, France, Germany, and Switzerland, with the greatest
stress on the government of the United States and the work of Congress,
and governmental institutions and the war. Instruction by lectures,
textbook study, assigned readings, written reports, and conferences with
the instructor.—(B.A. or B.S. credit, 3 session-hours.) Associate Professor
Rogers and assistants.

Government C1: International Relations: Government B1, and one
B course in economics, commercial law, or commercial geography, prerequisite
(but, with the permission of the instructor, this course and Government B1
may be taken together.—The nature of international law; the scope of
existing international government; the causes of modern wars; the problem
of preserving peace (peace projects of the past, the adequacy of arbitral
machinery, recent proposals); international economic relations; backward
peoples; the foreign policy of the United States; the problems of
the war and of the peace treaty. Associate Professor Rogers.

Government C2: Political Parties.—The origin, development and organization
of political parties in the American (federal, state and municipal)
and foreign governmental systems, with a consideration of current
party issues and problems. Associate Professor Rogers. Omitted in 19201921.

Government D1: Politics and Jurisprudence.—Various concepts of
the state, of sovereignty, and of political obligation; American political
theories; the nature, sources, and forms of law, and its philosophical and
sociological aspects.—Hours by appointment. Associate Professor Rogers.

Government D2: Constitutional Aspects of Social and Economic Problems.—The
constitutional limitations on governmental action with respect
to property and industry; labor problems, the regulation of corporations,
interstate commerce, social legislation, the extension of federal
authority, etc.—Hours by appointment. Associate Professor Rogers.
Omitted in 1920-1921.