American Legal History - 1877 to present
Mr. James Whitters
2 credits day; 2 credits evening.
This seminar will review the primary documents which integrate the history of American public and private law. Subjects will include industrialization and the beginnings of the regulatory state; changes in the law and the methods of legal though caused by the impact of government regulation, the welfare state and world wars; and recent developments concerning issues of civil rights, civil liberties, death and dying, criminal justice, environmentalism, and feminist critique of the law.
 Prerequisite: Constitutional Law
Enrollment is limited: 20
Elective Course
On List of Recommended Perspectives Courses
May Fulfill Legal Writing Requirement
Final Paper Required
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