This course explores the causes and consequences of what was arguably the most horrific event in all of history. Topics include both the long-term origins of the Holocaust in European racism and anti-Semitism and the more immediate origins in the dynamics of the Nazi state and the war against the Soviet Union.

This course explores the causes and consequences of what was arguably the most horrific event in all of history. Topics include both the long-term origins of the Holocaust in European racism and anti-Semitism and the more immediate origins in the dynamics of the Nazi state and the war against the Soviet Union.

This course explores the causes and consequences of what was arguably the most horrific event in all of history. Topics include both the long-term origins of the Holocaust in European racism and anti-Semitism and the more immediate origins in the dynamics of the Nazi state and the war against the Soviet Union.

This course will explore the history and development of reproductive rights law in the 20th and 21st century United States, centering primarily on the reading of statutes, court decisions, amicus briefs, and law review articles. We will look at the progression of cases and legal reasoning involving a wide variety of reproductive rights and justice issues, including forced/coerced sterilization, contraception, abortion, forced pregnancy/c-sections, policing pregnancy (through welfare law, employment policies and criminal law), and reproductive technologies.

This course will examine how lawyers, social movements, and everyday people have used litigation to advocate for social justice in the United States. Through reading in-depth studies of important civil and criminal cases, we will explore such questions as: What is the history of social justice lawyering in the United States and how, why and when have social movements turned to litigation to advance their causes? What are the pros and cons of using litigation to achieve social justice, versus other tools like direct action, lobbying for political change, and community organizing?

This course focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court and its rulings regarding sex and sexuality. We will examine several hot button issues confronted by the Supreme Court, such as reproduction (sterilization/contraception/abortion); marriage (polygamous/interracial/same sex); pornography/obscenity; sodomy; sexual assault on college campuses; and sex education in public schools. Some questions we will consider include: What is the constitutionality of government regulation of sexual behavior, sexual material, reproduction, and sexuality and how and why has this changed over time?

What caused the US?s bloodiest war? How and why did the Civil War transition officially from a limited war to preserve the status quo to a revolutionary total war that embraced emancipation and more? What were the long-term outcomes of the defeat of secession and the destruction of racial slavery? How did different groups define meaningful freedom, citizenship, and the role of the federal government during Reconstruction? How did a counter-revolution overturn many of Reconstruction?s successes?

What caused the US?s bloodiest war? How and why did the Civil War transition officially from a limited war to preserve the status quo to a revolutionary total war that embraced emancipation and more? What were the long-term outcomes of the defeat of secession and the destruction of racial slavery? How did different groups define meaningful freedom, citizenship, and the role of the federal government during Reconstruction? How did a counter-revolution overturn many of Reconstruction?s successes?

What caused the US?s bloodiest war? How and why did the Civil War transition officially from a limited war to preserve the status quo to a revolutionary total war that embraced emancipation and more? What were the long-term outcomes of the defeat of secession and the destruction of racial slavery? How did different groups define meaningful freedom, citizenship, and the role of the federal government during Reconstruction? How did a counter-revolution overturn many of Reconstruction?s successes?

What caused the US?s bloodiest war? How and why did the Civil War transition officially from a limited war to preserve the status quo to a revolutionary total war that embraced emancipation and more? What were the long-term outcomes of the defeat of secession and the destruction of racial slavery? How did different groups define meaningful freedom, citizenship, and the role of the federal government during Reconstruction? How did a counter-revolution overturn many of Reconstruction?s successes?