Spring 2013


CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL
HISTORY OF
CONTINENTAL EUROPE

Announcements and Information


Spring 2013

 

Medieval Studies 119
(Constituional and Legal History
of Medieval Continental Europe)

 Law 42100A
(Legal History:
Continental Legal History)

 

 

Professor Donahue

  Spring, 2013

 

I am offering both a course (for undergraduate, graduate, and law students) and course/seminar (principally for graduate and law students) this semester in Continental legal and constitutional history. Each offering is listed in both the FAS and the Law School catalogues, and you register through the registrar of your school. The requirements for the course (Medieval Studies 119, Law 42100A) are a bit different, depending on whether you are an undergraduate, a law student, or an FAS graduate student.

The basic information and requirements for undergraduates are given in the fact sheet for undergraduates. For more details on the course and its requirements, see the syllabus.

The basic information and requirements for the law students are given in the fact sheet for law students. For more details on the course and its requirements, see the syllabus.

GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE FAS SHOULD FOLLOW THE COURSE FOR THE LAW STUDENTS.

The course/seminar is History 2080 (formerly History 2126) (Medieval Law) and Law 96705A (Legal History: Continental Legal History: Seminar) is a graduate-level reading course/seminar with short papers. It meets on Tuesdays from 5:00–7:00 in WCC 3015 . It will cover many of the same topics as this course, although in a somewhat different order and in more depth. For more information see the website: http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/cdonahue/courses/lhsemclh.

 

Fact Sheet for Undergraduates

Course

Medieval Studies 119
(Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval Continental Europe)

Lectures

Mon., Wed. 11:10–12:00, Room Sever 102

Section

To be arranged (for undergraduates only)

Discussion Class

Fri. 11:10–12:00, Room TBA (principally for undergraduates)

Required books 

Donahue, Materials on Continental Legal History (multilith, passed out in class and available gratis from Ms. Reader in Room 518 of Hauser Hall)
van Caenegem, An Historical Introduction to Private Law (should be at the main and HLS Coop)

Recommended books

See syllabus (all the books recommended in the syllabus are in the Lamont, Quad, and Langdell libraries (Law School); though not all books are in all places)

Requirements
(for undergraduates) 

Hour exam (Fri., 15 Mar.), short paper (select topic by Fri., 29 Mar., draft by Wed., 1 May, final Fri., 10 May), and either a final exam or term paper (see syllabus)

Requirements
(for FAS graduate students) 

Same as the law students; see below

 

 

Fact Sheet For Law and Graduate Students

 Course

 Law 42100A
(Legal History: Continental Legal History

Lectures

Mon., Wed. 11:10–12:00, Room Sever 102

Section

Tue., 10:40–12:00, Room WCC 3018 (for law students and FAS graduate students).

Required books 

Donahue, Materials on Continenatal Legal and History (multilith, available in HLS Distribution Center)
van Caenegem, An Historical Introduction to Private Law (should be at the main and HLS Coop)

Requirements

Short paper (see syllabus), take-home exam (distributed Mon., 29 Apr., due Fri., 10 May; see syllabus).

 

 

 

GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE FAS SHOULD FOLLOW THE COURSE FOR THE LAW STUDENTS. This means they should attend the Tuesday section in the Law School; they need not attend the Friday discussion class, and their requirements (readings, paper, exam, etc.) are as for the law students.

 

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Please send comments to Rosemary Spang

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last modified:  01/19/13

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