HIST142AL

The U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on the nations most significant social questions ranging from segregation to same-sex marriage and womens work. Designed to put these and other decisions in proper context, this course covers U.S. legal history from the founding period to the present, with special attention to the evolution of legal conceptions of property, race and gender, civil rights, and criminal justice. Students must read critically and make arguments based on evidence.

Hist 9 or WRIT 109HU