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#Legal History: English Legal History

Professor Donahue


Catalog Number: 2165
3 credits (fall term)
M., W. at 4:30–6:00

An introduction to the history of law and legal institutions in England from the Anglo-Saxons to the seventeenth century. The principal focus will be on the development of private law. No previous background in English legal history will be assumed. A short paper is required and two final essays, something like a take-home exam.

J. H. Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History (5th ed. 2019) and multilithed materials.

Note: This course is jointly listed with FAS as Medieval Studies 117. All classes for the law and FAS graduate students will meet in HLS.


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