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Class number:
3487
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Title: Slavery & U.S. Legal System |
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Department: Public Policy & Law |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 25 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM, SH - N130 |
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Instructor(s): Turiano, Evan |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Soc Sciences & Identity Power Equity Req |
Course Description:
This class will blend legal history and analysis of American judicial decision-making to understand the relationship between slavery and law in America. Students will examine how slaveholders sought to shape the foundations of American law, and how the law created and propped up the institution of slavery. Students will then consider how slavery, in turn, shaped the institutions of early American law. Finally, students will examine how slavery has continued to resonate through the American legal system since its abolition. Slave law shaped American governance in unexpected ways, and legal cases protecting slavery continue to be cited as precedent in American courts. Students will complete final projects that examine modern cases which cite proslavery opinions and consider the significance of those historical lineages. |