"What is Legal History?"
HIST 97G
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Description
Legal historians study the rules and practices that have regulated human societies in the past and seek to understand both change and continuity in legal behavior. The history of law comes in many different flavors, ranging from highly technical studies of positive law to histories of justice both afforded and denied. This section introduces students to the art of legal history through the close reading of individual cases, emphasizing the skills required to set those cases in appropriate historical contexts.
Course Notes
Required of all History concentrators in the spring term of their sophomore year and open to all secondary field students. This course may not be audited or taken Pass/Fail. It enrolls prior to shopping period through the History concentration. Please contact the ADUS in History if you wish to enroll without being a concentrator in History.
Not Available for Cross Registration
