Participación de D. Luis Grau Gómez del Departamento de Derecho Penal, Procesal e Historia del Derecho de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid en la mesa redonda "2013 Course Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence" el 11 de marzo de 2014 en la edición del Ciclo Santander en el Paraninfo dentro de la Open Education Week 2014, organizada por la Cátedra Banco Santander de la Universidad de Zaragoza. Más información en https://catbs.unizar.es/articulos/open-education-week-2014

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2. A los Awards se enviaron la siguiente introducción
(en inglés)
– As its title shows, this course is an overview of the American
Constitutional History aimed to Law students not familiar with
the American legal system. The course is organized as a
chronological trip from the time of the first colonial
settlement to our days, taking as its milestones constitutional
documents and Supreme Court decisions. Both the documents
and the Court decisions have been chosen among those with a
universal interest. With an OCW use in mind, most of the
chosen bibliography is available on line too.
A los Awards se enviaron la siguiente introducción
(en inglés)
– As its title shows, this course is an overview of the American
Constitutional History aimed to Law students not familiar with
the American legal system. The course is organized as a
chronological trip from the time of the first colonial
settlement to our days, taking as its milestones constitutional
documents and Supreme Court decisions. Both the documents
and the Court decisions have been chosen among those with a
universal interest. With an OCW use in mind, most of the
chosen bibliography is available on line too.
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3. (y en castellano)
• Este curso es un resumen de la historia constitucional americana
dirigido a estudiantes de derecho que no están familiarizados con
el sistema legal americano.
• Está organizado como un viaje cronológico desde el primer
asentamiento colonial a nuestros días, tomando como jalones
documentos constitucionales y sentencias del Tribunal Supremo
de los EE. UU.
• Éstas se han elegido entre aquéllas con un mayor interés
universal.
• Gran parte de la bibliografía está disponible online.
(y en castellano)
• Este curso es un resumen de la historia constitucional americana
dirigido a estudiantes de derecho que no están familiarizados con
el sistema legal americano.
• Está organizado como un viaje cronológico desde el primer
asentamiento colonial a nuestros días, tomando como jalones
documentos constitucionales y sentencias del Tribunal Supremo
de los EE. UU.
• Éstas se han elegido entre aquéllas con un mayor interés
universal.
• Gran parte de la bibliografía está disponible online.
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4. Y la siguiente Presentación
(en inglés)
en la que se indicaban cuáles eran,
en nuestra opinión,
los aspectos más “OCW-relevantes” del curso
Y la siguiente Presentación
(en inglés)
en la que se indicaban cuáles eran,
en nuestra opinión,
los aspectos más “OCW-relevantes” del curso
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6. The course has been designed …The course has been designed …
…… with all the materials needed availablewith all the materials needed available
from the OCW platformfrom the OCW platform
• Lecture NotesLecture Notes
• Related resourcesRelated resources
• QuestionsQuestions
…… with the “Non American Student” inwith the “Non American Student” in
mindmind
• Universal issuesUniversal issues
• Maps, biographies …Maps, biographies …
…… as an elective with a 3 ECTS credit loadas an elective with a 3 ECTS credit load
• 21 lecture hours21 lecture hours
• 75 total learning hours75 total learning hours
The course has been designed …The course has been designed …
…… with all the materials needed availablewith all the materials needed available
from the OCW platformfrom the OCW platform
• Lecture NotesLecture Notes
• Related resourcesRelated resources
• QuestionsQuestions
…… with the “Non American Student” inwith the “Non American Student” in
mindmind
• Universal issuesUniversal issues
• Maps, biographies …Maps, biographies …
…… as an elective with a 3 ECTS credit loadas an elective with a 3 ECTS credit load
• 21 lecture hours21 lecture hours
• 75 total learning hours75 total learning hours
An American Constitutional History Course for Non-AmericanAn American Constitutional History Course for Non-American
StudentsStudents
Luis Grau and Manuel Martínez-NeiraLuis Grau and Manuel Martínez-Neira
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7. The Lecture NotesLecture Notes are arranged around
Seven sessionsSeven sessions, each corresponding
to one of the Notes chapters
Each chapter corresponds to one of
seven periodsseven periods in which the USA
history has been divided
Within each period some of the the most
relevant constitutional eventconstitutional events have
been selected
All these events are
legislation enactedlegislation enacted
or
Supreme Court decisionsSupreme Court decisions
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8. Biography boxesBiography boxes have
been added to the
Lecture Notes to
facilitate the
understanding for
those students not
familiar with the
American history
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9. MapsMaps have been
included in each
chapter to show
the contour of the
United States for
each period
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10. IllustrationsIllustrations have
been added to
make the
reading more
enjoyable
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11. A set of questionsquestions
are included
within each
chapter
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12. Each Chapter of the
Lectures Notes has a
corresponding section of
Related ResourcesRelated Resources
consisting of
DocumentsDocuments
such as Royal Charters or
constitutional
Amendments and
syllabisyllabi
of the Supreme Court
cases
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13. All the courseAll the course
resources canresources can
be accessedbe accessed
from a singlefrom a single
screen:screen:
Lecture NotesLecture Notes
Related ResourcesRelated Resources
QuestionsQuestions
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14. CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS
• For a better OCW usea better OCW use, all
materials needed for this course
are directly available at this web
• While not exhaustive, its topics
are comprehensivecomprehensive and of
universal interestuniversal interest
• A Spanish versionSpanish version of this course is
also available as an OCW
resource
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