Main Currents in Legal History

Treats select themes and developments in American law from the colonial period to the present. These may include the transplantation (and Americanization) of the common law; the rise of the professional bar; capitalism and slavery in antebellum law; O.W. Holmes and the attack on legal formalism; legal realism and the critical legal studies movement. The seminar will emphasize current scholarship and relevant historical documents.

Course Schedule

  • Date: Wednesday 2:00-5:00PM
  • Location: KT 205

Course Information

  • Catalog number-Section number: 7809-01
  • Course Type: Seminar
  • Prerequisites: None
  • Credits (min/max): 3/3
  • Subjects:

Enrollment

  • Enrollment status: Closed
  • Current enrollment/capacity: 18/18
  • Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
  • Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 3/50

Grading

  • Grade basis: Graded
  • Satisifies Writing Requirement: No
  • Exam type: NO EXAM