Presented by the Department of Political Science, the Office of Undergraduate Studies, and the Jack Miller Center.

Location: Room 101, Social Work Building

Speaker: Gary Jacobsohn

Gary Jacobsohn is the H. Malcolm Macdonald Professor of Constitutional and Comparative Law in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin.

Among his writings are: CONSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY (Harvard University Press), 2010); THE WHEEL OF LAW: INDIA'S SECULARISM IN COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT (Princeton University Press, 2003, Oxford University Press - India, 2003); APPLE OF GOLD: CONSTITUTIONALISM IN ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED STATES (Princeton University Press, 1993); THE SUPREME COURT AND THE DECLINE OF CONSTITUTIONAL ASPIRATION (Rowman & Littlefield, 1986); and PRAGMATISM, STATESMANSHIP, AND THE SUPREME COURT (Cornell University Press, 1977). He has published numerous scholarly articles, most recently on American constitutional identity, values and principles in comparative constitutional law, and the phenomenon of constitutional revolution.

Jacobsohn's interests and work lie at the intersection of constitutional theory and comparative constitutionalism. He has held fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, the Fulbright Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is a past President of the New England Political Science Association, and has served as co-editor of the Rowman and Littlefield series on Studies in American Constitutionalism.

Gary Jacobsohn's website: https://webspace.utexas.edu/gjj69/website/index.html

The Daily Cougar is hosting an essay contest: Pick any constitutional amendment, and in 400 words or less, tell us what it means to your and how it made the United States a better place.  

Essays will be judged by The Daily Cougar Editorial Board. The winning essay will be published in the The Daily Cougar in print and online. The author also will win a prize, a selection of patriotic films and a $50 bookstore gift card, courtesy of the Center for Student Involvement!

Submit entries online here by 5 p.m. September 24 to be eligible.