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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.) Adjunct Professor
Williams 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. Adjunct Professor Williams.

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. Adjunct Professor Williams. (Omitted in
1920-1921.)

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. Adjunct Professor Williams.

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. Adjunct Professor Williams.
Omitted in 1920-1921.