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21H.224

Law and Society in US History

Undergraduate · Historical course

Spring 2003

Topics

  • Introduction: What is Law? What is the Constitution?
  • Same as above
  • The Constitution and Judicial Review
  • Property Rules in the New Nation
  • Property and Equality before The Civil War
  • Equality: The Strange Career of the 14th Amendment
  • Property: The Fall and Rise of Regulation
  • Liberty: Modernizing the First Amendment
  • Liberty: Freedom of (and from) Religion
  • Equality: The Warren Court and Substantive Due Process
  • Liberty: The Warren Court and Implied Liberties
  • Equality: The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action
  • Equality: Other Suspect Classifications
  • Liberty: Conservative Constitutionalism
  • Conclusions: The Constitution after September 11th
  • Final Examination, two hours duration

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