HIST 1600

HIST 1600

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Through discussion of a variety of high-profile and lesser-known trials throughout history, this course will examine a range of issues in the history of law and criminality. We will study the relationship between ideology and law in different societies, the politics of trials, the theory and practice of punishment, and the relationship of trials to terror(ism) and social marginalization. Cases to be covered include: Socrates, Jesus Christ, Joan of Arc, the French Revolutionary Terror, the Russian revolutionary terrorists, the Dreyfus Affair, the Stalinist show trials, Charles Manson, OJ Simpson, and Pussy Riot.

When Offered Fall.

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18045 HIST 1600   LEC 001

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    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Friedland, P

      Verhoeven, C

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  • 18046 HIST 1600   DIS 201

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  • 18047 HIST 1600   DIS 202

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  • 18048 HIST 1600   DIS 203

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  • 18049 HIST 1600   DIS 204

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  • 18050 HIST 1600   DIS 205

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  • 18051 HIST 1600   DIS 206

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  • 18052 HIST 1600   DIS 207

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  • 18053 HIST 1600   DIS 208

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  • 18054 HIST 1600   DIS 209

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  • 18055 HIST 1600   DIS 210

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  • 18056 HIST 1600   DIS 211

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  • 18057 HIST 1600   DIS 212

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  • 19625 HIST 1600   DIS 213

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  • 19626 HIST 1600   DIS 214

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