Welcome to the Course | America's Written Constitution with Akhil Reed Amar

Akhil Reed Amar opens the second edition of Yale's online constitutional law course and explains the one change students asked for: the original single course is now two. Amar taught the first version in partnership with Yale and Coursera as one long sequence covering both of his books, America's Constitution: A Biography and America's Unwritten Constitution. The lectures are unchanged here, but the sequence is now split into a standalone course on the written Constitution and a separate one on the unwritten Constitution, each with its own certificate. He also flags a wrinkle worth knowing before you start: because the lectures were recorded as one course, you will occasionally hear him refer to the first half and the second half. Chapters: 00:00 A relaunch of the course 00:43 What stayed the same 01:13 One long course becomes two 02:16 What the next lecture covers Learning objectives: After watching, you'll be able to: - Describe how the written and unwritten Constitution courses relate to each other - Identify which topics belong to this course and which belong to the sequel - Interpret references to "the first half" and "the second half" in later lectures 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCq6-l8oFuvk 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/written-constitution 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/americas-written-constitution