Professors Richard Bernstein, Annette Gordon-Reed, William LaPiana, Rebecca Roiphe

While emphasis will vary with the instructor, general topics include Revolutionary and early national periods, the creation and growth of legal institutions, the many different relationships between a developing society and its developing law; in the nineteenth century, the birth of the modern law school, the history of the legal profession, and legal history as a category of the history of ideas. Students may choose a take-home examination or a research paper on a topic to be determined after discussion between instructor and student.