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HIS 355 - American Legal History


Instructor
Wertheimer

Law in American history from English settlement to the present. Topics include the origins and evolution of the U.S. legal system; law and economic development; race, sex, and the law; the legal profession; industrialization and the regulatory state; and individual liberties and civil rights. 

Satisfies Historical Thought requirement.