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| History Department |
History 385: Law & Society Syllabus
Schedule of Readings and Assignments
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Unit I: From Puritans to Prostitutes - Gender, the Law, and Subculture in American Legal History |
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| Tu. 1/7 | Course
Introduction: What is the Law & Where Does it Come from? ~ Legal Issues in the News: Class Presentations ~ Legal Issues in the News: Law Journals ~ Quiz |
| Th. 1/9 | What is the law ~ E.P. Thompson, "Rule of Law" ® ~ James V. Calvi & Susan Coleman, CH1, "Introduction;" CH13, "Conclusion" ® ~ Study Questions for Thompson reading ~ Study Questions for Calvi and Coleman reading |
| Tu. 1/14 | Witchcraft and
Drawing Boundaries ~ Erikson, Wayward Puritans, 3-29 ~ Friedman, History of American Law 1st edition page numbers: 13-25, 29-32, 60-65 ® 2nd edition page numbers: 17-29, 33-37, 68-75 ® ~ Study Questions, Erikson, 3-29 ~ Study Questions for Friedman Reading |
| Th. 1/16 | Salem Witches
and the Functionality of Deviance ~ Erikson, Wayward Puritans, 67-71, 137-159, 185-205 ~ Study Questions for Erikson reading |
| Tu. 1/21 | Gender, Power,
and Witchcraft in Colonial Salem ~ Davidson & Lytle, CH2, "The Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem" ® ~ Study Questions for D&L Reading |
| Th. 1/23 | Gender, Power,
and Witchcraft in Contemporary America ~ Meyerowitz, "The Roaring Teens and Twenties Reexamined: Sexuality in the Furnished Room Districts of Chicago" ® ~ [for next year] Schlossman & Wallach, "The Crime of Precocious Sexuality: Female Juvenile Delinquency in the Progressive Era" ® ~ Observer articles on Parker Case sex offenses ~ Study Questions for Meyerowitz Reading ~ QUIZ over readings |
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Tu. 1/28 |
Legal Issues in the News:
Gender & Sexuality ~ The Economist, "The Sex Industry" ® ~ Sloan, "Who Owns Prostitution?" ® ~ Class Presentation I ¥ Brittney Eakins & Taryn Rimland (Public Humiliation) ~ DUE: Law Journal |
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Unit II: "Too Much Time for the Crime I Done": Race, Crime, and Justice, the History Corrections in the North and South |
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| Th. 1/30 | The Birth and
Death of the Penitentiary in America ~ Rothman, "Perfecting the Prison: The United States, 1789-1865" ® ~ Rotman, "The Failure of Reform: The United States, 1865-1965" ® ~ Study Questions for Rothman Reading ~QUIZ over reading |
| Tu. 2/4 | "A New
Birth of Freedom?": Race, Crime, and Justice in the Immediate
Post Civil War South ~ Kamerling, "Too Much Time for the Crime I Done" ® |
| Th. 2/6 | Rehabilitation,
Retribution, and the Reality of Incarceration in the 19th Century North
and South ~ Kamerling, CH6, "Every Prisoner...A Willing Laborer": The Cause of Crime and the Ideology of Prison Reform in Late 19th Century Illinois and South Carolina ® ~ Kamerling, CH7, "Punishments Made Necessary": The Theory and Practice of Prison Discipline in Illinois and South Carolina's Postbellum Penitentiaries ® |
| Tu. 2/11 | Contemporary
Race & Corrections I ~ Kamerling, "'Hard Time': Southern Values Become American Values," ® |
| Th. 2/13 | Contemporary Race
& Corrections II ~ CH3, "Are Prisons the Best Way to Deal with Criminals?" - Hanke & Baetjer, "Doing Time Chills Crime" - Haney & Zimbardo, "Past & Future of US Prison Policy" ~ CH7, "Have Mandatory Sentencing Laws Helped Stop Crime?" - Bessette, "In Pursuit of Criminal Justice" - Kopel, "Sentencing Policies Endangering Public Safety" ~ Study Questions over reading |
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Tu. 2/18 |
Legal Issues in the News:
Race & Corrections ~ Class Presentation II ¥ Jessica Cashio, Shannon Passato, Sarah Donnelly ¥ Suzanne Ash, Zach Colon ~ Law Journal Due |
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Unit III: Dead Man Walking - The Historic and National Debate over the Death Penalty |
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| Th. 2/20 | ~ Prejean, Dead Man Walking, 3-95 ~ Study Questions for Prejean reading (all) |
| Tu. 2/25 | ~ Prejean, Dead Man Walking, 96-174 |
| Th. 2/27 | ~ Prejean, Dead Man Walking, 175-245 |
| Tu. 3/4 | Contemporary
Issues on the Death Penalty ~ Reading tba |
| Th. 3/6 | Legal Issues in the News:
The Death Penalty ~ Class Presentation III ¥ Jason Heathcote, Elizabeth Drye, Ulrike Strommer ¥ Andrea Pyles, Bruce Le ~ Law Journal Due |
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Spring Break: 3/11 - 3/13 |
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| Unit IV: Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas - A Case Study in Civil Rights and Legal Reasoning | |
| Tu. 3/18 | Sociological
Jurisprudence: Applying the 14th Amendment ~ Martin, Brown vs. Board, 1-38 & supporting documents ~ Study Questions for Martin reading |
| Th. 3/20 | "With All
Deliberate Speed": Action and Reaction to Brown ~ Martin, Brown vs. Board, supporting documents ~ Wrap-up discussion from Tuesday ~ Listen in class to oral arguments before the Supreme Court |
| Tu. 3/25 | 48 Years after
Brown: The Question of Resegregation ~ Martin, 224-237 ▪ Times, "Decade of Desegregation" ▪ Times, "Two Decades Later ▪ Times, "The Enduring Promise of Brown" ▪ Times, "Forty Years and Struggling" ▪ Martin, "Epilogue: The Legacy of Brown" ~ "Are Schools Resegregating?" Charlotte Observer, Aug. 18, 2002 ~ Study Questions for Martin reading |
| Th. 3/27 | Legal Issues in the News:
Race & Schooling ~ Class Presentation IV ¥ Mandi Tate, Rhonda Anderson ¥ Lindsay Jack & Dan Campbell ~ Law Journal Due |
| Unit IV: A Civil Action: A Case Study on Corporate Crime | |
| Tu. 4/1 | Leukemia
Clusters and Corporate Waste ~ Harr, Civil Action, 1-145 ~ Go over final legal research essay |
| Th. 4/3 | Watching the
Watchmen: Law & Responsibility in Corporate America ~ Harr, Civil Action, 150-290 |
| Tu. 4/8 | Money and
Justice: Class and Crime in the American Legal System ~ Harr, Civil Action, 293-492 |
| Th. 4/10 | Contemporary
Corporate Crime ~ Reading tba |
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Tu. 4/15 |
Legal Issues in
the News: Corporate Crime ~ Class Presentations V ¥ Chris Miller, Michael Kanger ¥ Lori Herndon, Kate Hopta (?) ~ CAS Awards Convocation |
| Th. 4/17 | Last Day of
Class: Warp-Up & Class Party ~ Class Presentations if necessary ~ Final Law Journal Collected |
| Friday 4/18 | No Class: Easter Holiday |
| Monday 4/21 | Last Day of M/W/F Class |
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