Legal History

This course will explore how the American legal system developed. Selective coverage may include various periods from its early origins in British law through the colonial and federalist periods all the way to the modern and post-modern eras.

Insights from the jurisprudential schools that influenced each period will be discussed, along with the socio/economic settings and political events that have shaped the law’s growth and contributed to its continuing importance in our country.

Students will be given wide latitude to choose a topic for their paper, which will count for a large portion of their grade.