..we must never forget, that
it is a constitution we are expounding…intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs
- Marshall

A constitution is not intended to embody a particular economic theory whether of paternalism
…or of laissez faire.
- Holmes

    Office Hours: MW 1-5 p.m.
    St. Joe 203
    Office Phone: 229-3650 (voice mail)
   E-mail:
        Campus: kerns@riker.stjoe.udayton.edu
        Home: kkerns@cinci.rr.com



Gerald E. Kerns has been a member of the U.D. Political   Science Department since     1967. He served as Chair of  the department from 1978 until 1990. He initiated Pre-Law on campus in 1969 and served as Chair of    the University Pre-Law Program from 1974 to 1989. In 1978 he initiated  the International Studies Major and served as Co-Chair of that program from 1980 to 1982.

 

Professor Kerns teaches courses on Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, The Judicial Process and Political Theory. He has been a participating faculty member in the University Study Abroad Program eight times and as a result has developed a sub-specialty in the Politics of Italy.

     Table of Contents

  Index

  POL 301                   
  American
  Judicial Process

  POL 317
  Development of
  Political Theory

 POL 411
Constitutional Law

POL 450
  Civil Liberties

It is the very purpose of our Constitution - and particularly of the Bill of Rights, to declare certain values transcendent, beyond the reach of temporary politics.
- Brennan

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.
- Warren