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Western Legal Traditions (HIST 385)

Term: 2021-22 Academic Year Fall

Faculty

Ryan MacPherson
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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM (8/24/2021 - 12/16/2021) Location: BLC HH 313

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.