Introduction to American Legal History, Part I
HIST 64A
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Course Information
Description
This course surveys American legal history from the colonial period through Reconstruction, examining how law and history shaped one another. Topics include slavery and servitude, the Revolution and Founding, the judiciary, tort and contract law, labor law, women's rights, family law, American Indian law and dispossession, and the legal transformations of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Course Notes
This course meets the "North America" History Concentration requirement.
Class Notes
This class requires students to enroll in an untimed, placeholder section during registration and to submit time preferences. Sections will be assigned immediately after registration based on student interest and preferences.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
