HIST 412 - Law and Society

Description

Hours: Three hours lecture per week Description: This course investigates a wide range of issues including, but not limited to, the origins of the law in classical civilizations, the interplays between/among law, religion, government, and morality, evolutions of diverse legal systems in different societies and traditions, legal and ethical challenges of modern sciences, the rule of law in an international environment, and the debate over the extent and limits of the laws in coping with social and technological problems of modern life.

Meeting Information

Info current as 5/17/2024
Days Times Room Meeting Dates Instructor
MW  10:00 AM  -  11:50 AM  DEL NORTE 3550 1/19/2019 - 5/24/2019 Amy Caldwell

Status: Open
Class Number: 2330
Session: Regular Academic Session
Units: 3.00
Class Components: Lecture
Career: Undergraduate
Dates: 1/19/2019 - 5/24/2019
Grading: Letter Grade

Class Availability

Information below is 24 hours old.
Enrollment Total: 22
Available Seats: 8
Wait List Capacity: 5
Wait List Total: 0

Textbook / Other Materials

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780295993430
Title: Mandate of Heaven & the Great Ming Code
Publisher: HOPKINS FULFILLMENT SERVICE
Author: Yonglin

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780190638726
Title: Enlightenment on Trial
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Premo

Status: Required
ISBN: 9781474432139
Title: Islamic Law & Empire in Ottoman Cairo
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Author: Baldwin

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780393640915
Title: Red Clay, 1835
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: Weaver

Status: Required
ISBN: 9780393938876
Title: Threshold of Democracy
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorp
Author: Ober

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Enrollment Information

  • Upper Division