Course Home Page for American Legal History Seminar

Spring 2010
Law No.: LAW9049
Sched. No.: 110210005

American Legal History Seminar*
Section 1
X
McCurdy, Charles W.

Administrative Information:

Days, Times (Room):	M, 1600-1800 ()
Credits:	3	Type:	Seminar
Capacity:	12^{This information is current as of}^{11/24/2009 06:49:08 AM}^
Current Enrollment:	12 ^{This information is current as of}^{11/24/2009 06:49:08 AM}^

Course Description:

This seminar provides students with an opportunity to investigate problems in American legal history and to learn from one another. Each student will write a 40-page research paper, evaluate 5 or 6 papers written by classmates, and participate in weekly discussions of important works written from different historiographical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives. Each student will also have a weekly appointment time to discuss (and establish) with the instructor a topic, an appropriate method, and a plan of work. Papers may focus on the eighteenth, the nineteenth, or the twentieth centuries.

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT: Attendance at the first class meeting is mandatory; students who do not attend will be dropped.
COURSE REQUIREMENT: A substantial research paper

This course is on the approved upper-level writing requirement course list.