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Western Legal Traditions (HIST 385)

Term: 2017-18 Academic Year Spring

Faculty

Ryan MacPherson
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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM (1/8/2018 - 5/11/2018) Location: BLC HH 311

Description

This course surveys the history of law and justice from Hammurabi's Code to the U.S. Constitution by tracing the development of the Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman legal and political traditions through medieval and early modern Europe. Comparisons also will be made to Indian, Chinese, and Native American judicial systems.