POS 5112 WAR, LAW & PRESIDENTIAL PREROGATIVE
How have past wars changed law and government? How have they led to changes in the power of kings, prime ministers, and presidents? After looking at the Presidency and the Constitution today in the war on terror, this seminar turns to antiquity, considering the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, the battles of Alexander the Great, Rome's Punic Wars with Carthage, and Rome's wars of world conquest. It considers the art of war in the writings of Machiavelli and the theme of war and princely prerogative in Shakespeare. It examines the early modern and modern eras in western Europe, including England's wars of reformation, England's Civil War, the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleon. Satisfies perspective requirement for Legal Studies and Criminal Law concentrators and minors.