JAMES MADISON and JOHN MARSHALL:
THE CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ORDER AND LIBERTY
August 3-8, 2003

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Sunday, August 3rd
Monday, August 4th - August 8th Daily Schedule
  • 7 – 8:30 am -- Breakfast hours at Pencader Dining Hall (2 tables reserved for Institute participants)
  • 9 – 11:00 am -- Lecture and discussion led by Professor Richard Ellis, State University of New York, Buffalo; Room 106 Pencader Hall
  • 11 – 1:00 pm -- Lunch break, Pencader Dining Hall is open 11 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  • 1 – 3:00 pm -- Lecture and discussion with Professor Ellis
  • 3:30 pm -- Professor Joyce will lead discussion on methods for teaching the content of the day’s work
  • 5 – 7:30 pm -- Free time for dinner, Pencader Dining is open 5 – 6:30 p.m.
  • 7:30 pm -- Guest lecture, 106 Pencader Hall

Daily Classes Schedule
(Lead by Professor Ellis and Professor Joyce)

  • August 4: Basic Documents
  • August 5: The Movement for the U. S. Constitution
  • August 6: Launching the New Government
  • August 7: The Marshall Court
  • August 8: Jacksonian Democracy and the Constitution

Evening Lecture Schedule

  • August 4: Professor Professor Herman Belz, University of Maryland,
    will speak on James Madison
  • August 5 Professor James Magee, University of Delaware,
    will speak on John Marshall
  • August 6 Professor Daniel Dreisbach, American University,
    will speak on the Establishment Clause and the Theory of Incorporation
  • July 17 Professor Roger Wilkins, George Mason University,
    will speak on how he as a black man views the Constitution


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