HIST 6509

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HIST 6509
Law and Empire: New Approaches to Imperial Legal History

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This graduate-level seminar will introduce students to the latest historical methodologies and debates in the legal history of modern imperialism and colonialism. Readings will focus mainly on the legal history of the modern British empire, and will include studies of legal pluralism in empire, law in slave societies, imperialism and international law, colonial penal regimes, and legal theory in empire.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one seminar and one independent study.

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18752 HIST 6509   SEM 101

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    • W
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Travers, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18754 HIST 6509   IND 601

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    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies