Nov 25, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

HIST 489 - Selected Topics in Legal History of the United States


(3 units)

Case studies in American law from colonial times to the present: English common law heritage, puritan and frontier influences, the legal profession, judicial traditions, formative stages in criminal law, torts and contracts, and modern trends in legal thought.

Both grading options. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.