HIST 8035 - US Legal & Constitutional History

4 Credit Hours
Description
Seminar in the historiography and evidentiary materials of United States Legal and Constitutional History. Examines the multiple legalities of colonial America, the debate about the origins and meanings of the Constitution, the law of slavery, and the development of both public and private law through the twentieth century. Intellectual topics will also include metahistorical accounts of law and constitution, as well as theories of jurisprudence and their relation to the lived experience.