History of American Law

3 credits

CNST_DEM-4400

Constitutional Democracy
College of Arts and Science

(same as HIST 4400; cross-leveled with HIST 7400). American law from English origins to present. Reviews common law, codification, legal reform movements, slavery law, administrative state, formalism, legal realism, jurisprudential questions concerning rule of law. Recommended: HIST 1100, HIST 1200, or HIST 1400.