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Class number:
1869
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Title: American Legal History |
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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 |
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Current enrollment: 25 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 |
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End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, MC - 213 |
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Instructor(s): Falk, Glenn |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Public Policy and Law 201 or 202, or permission of instructor. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement |
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Note: 20 seats reserved for Public Policy and Law majors. |
Course Description:
This course focuses on key themes in law and American history from the colonial era to the early twentieth century. Topics include the English origins of American legal institutions; land, law and Native Americans; the framing of the Constitution; the emergence of the Supreme Court; slavery, westward expansion and constitutional conflict in the new republic; the rise of corporations, railroads and modern tort law; the fate of civil rights in Reconstruction; and the treatment of immigrants and labor under the law. The course analyzes landmark Supreme Court decisions but also considers legal history from a different perspective, e.g., the participation of the enslaved, free people of color, and women in the legal system. The course emphasizes the connection between legal history and current issues. |