LeFrak Forum :: Symposium on Science, Reason and Modern Democracy

The Purpose of the Symposium

Founded in 1989 in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University, the LeFrak Forum and the Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy are centers for research and debate on the theory and practice of modern democracy.  

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Publication of The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism

The Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy is pleased to announce the publication of The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism, from University of Pennsylvania Press (2009).  This volume is the eighth published under the auspices of the Symposium.  The book is a collection of essays first presented during the Symposium's 2007 program.  The Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy is pleased to announce the publication of The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism, from University of Pennsylvania Press. This volume is the eighth published under the auspices of the...

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Announcements

Friday, April 20 – Saturday, April 21 Friday @ Kellogg Center Auditorium, 8:45am - 4:45 pm Saturday @ International Center 301, 8:45 am - 1:00 pm   Conference Description The time is ripe for...

The LeFrak Forum and Symposium on Science, Reason, & Modern Democracy in the Department of Political Science sponsor a lecture by Dr. Paul Wolfowitz, former deputy secretary of defense, on the topic...

Thursday, March 1 Kellogg Center Auditorium, 7:00 pm The LeFrak Forum and Symposium on Science, Reason, & Modern Democracy host a panel discussion among experts on the meaning of the Arab Spring....

The LeFrak Forum and Symposium on Science, Reason, & Modern Democracy sponsor a lecture series on the meaning and implications of the Arab Spring and on transitions to democracy in the contemporary...

Professor Folke Lindahl is Professor of Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy at James Madison College at Michigan State University.  He has published a monograph on Tocqueville's political...