American Legal History

Instructors

• Stephen B Presser - 312/503-8371 - Rubloff 229

Meeting Info

• Rubloff Building 140 - MoTuWe 2:35PM - 3:30PM

• Overview of class

  This course examines topics in American legal history, from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. General themes pursued throughout include the significance of law in the structure of American social and economic institutions; the political, social and economic contexts of legislative and judicial action; jurisprudential ideologies; and the relationship of law to politics.

• Registration Requirements

  No special registration requirements.

• Teaching Method

  Class participationDiscussionLecture

• Evaluation Method

  Exam, final: 100% of final grade; self-scheduled three-hour exam.
  

• Class Materials (Required)

  Stephen B. Presser & Jamil S. Zainaldin, Law and Jurisprudence in American History -- Cases and Materials (West Group, Seventh Edition, 2009).ISBN-13: 978-0314187833

• Class Attributes

  Open to First Year Students
  
  Perspective Elective
  
  Legal History
  
  

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