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Course Description

American Legal History - LAW731
3 Credits

This survey course of American legal history, from the Colonial period through the modern era, focuses on the evolution of legal institutions in the United States. It explores developments in both public and private law, with attention to some of America’s greatest jurists and most celebrated cases. (No prerequisite.)
 
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