HIST 4349 - Justice in Pre-Modern World

Three credit hours.

This course examines “law in action” in various world societies between circa 2000 BCE and 1600 CE. It explores the workings of premodern judicial systems, modes of argument and decision-making, and ideas about justice. It also considers what the legal sources can tell us about these societies more broadly. Dual listed in the Graduate Catalog as HIST 5349.