Spring 2015 Course Schedule

U.S. Lgl Hist II (LAW-610-001)
May

Meets: 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM (TTh) - Room 440

Enrolled: 6 / Limit: 16

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Notices

No prerequisites. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE TAKEN U.S. LEGAL HISTORY I (COVERING EARLIER DEVELOPMENTS) TO TAKE THIS COURSE.

Description

Explores the development of American law within the broader context of American life from post-Civil War Reconstruction to the present. Topics examined include: (1)developing understandings and applications of basic constitutional rights; (2)the legal regulation and promotion of American economic life; (3)the changing status and activity of women, African-Americans, and industrial workers within law and the larger society; (4)the evolving legal treatment of political dissent and dissenters; (5)developing theories of executive, legislative, and judicial power, the actual uses of such power, and the changing relationship between federal and state authority; and (6)the nature and impact of the major innovations, conflicts, and "crises" in legal theory from the Civil War to the present time.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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Melvin Urofsky & Paul Finkelman, A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United States, Volume 2: From 1898 to the Present (3d ed. 2011); Kermit Hall and Peter Karsten, The Magic Mirror: Law in American History (2d ed. 2008); William Wiecek, Liberty Under Law (1988); Lawrence Friedman, American Law in the Twentieth Century (2004); William W. Fisher, et al., American Legal Realism (1993); Paul Boyer, et al., Cengage Advantage Books: The Enduring Vision, Volume 2: Since 1865 (8th ed. 2014). [This "Cengage Advantage Books" version is a substantially less expensive version of The Enduring Vision, Volume 2 book, containing all of the narrative but fewer graphics.] All of these books can be purchased used on line at a substantial discount, in some cases at an awesome discount. A few copies of each of these books also will be available in the Reserve stacks in the library.

First Class Readings

For our first class session, please read: (1) Melvin I. Urofsky and Paul Finkelman, A MARCH OF LIBERTY: A CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, Volume *I*, at 472-76, 479-81, 483-99 (3d ed. 2011) (Note: these pages are in Volume I, rather than in Volume II which we will be using during the term; copies of Volume I are available in both the reserve and regular stacks in the library); and (2) Course Materials at 1-6.

Syllabus

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