What Would Socrates Say About Our Constitution?

Marie Rehmar, Head of Reference Services, marie.rehmar@law.csuohio.edu | September 16, 2009 - 17:31

Cleveland-Marshall Prof. Mark Sundahl fills us in on this issue Thursday, Sept. 17^th, at 5:00 p.m., in the College of Law’s Moot Court Room. This free lecture (1 free hour CLE) is part of the 2009 CSU Constitution Day Celebration and is open to all. The Athenians had to struggle with many of the same issues as did the framers of the U.S. Constitution, such as democracy, separation of powers, and judicial review. See how matters were resolved, or not.

While you may be more aware of Prof. Sundahl’s space law interests, he has a strong knowledge base of the law back in the days of the ancient Greeks. Of his publications, consider for further reading his article The Living Constitution of Ancient Athens: A Comparative Perspective on the Originalism Debate, 42 John Marshall Law Review 463 (2009) available at
K10.0368 | KL 4361.5 .S96 2009 Lexis | Westlaw | SSRN .

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