American Legal History: Law and Social Reform, 1929-1973

This seminar considers issues in 20th-century movement for social reform from the perspective of legal history and the legal profession. It emphasizes matters of race, class and gender inequality and readings cover the black freedom struggle, women’s rights, the labor movement and anti-poverty struggles. Students read legal cases and works of historical and legal scholarship.

Note: This course is jointly-listed with FAS as History 2474.

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