Law and History: Colonial Era to Reconstruction

HISTORY 3744

This course analyzes the development of American law and the constitutional system from the Colonial era through the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, beginning with a general theoretical background on the study of legal history. The course concludes with an analysis of the role of law in controversies around the commemoration of the Civil War era.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; BU BA; AS HUM; FA HUM; AR HUM