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LGST 155Topics in American Legal History: Making of American Constitutionalism

5 creditsUndergraduateStudent Option

Explores some aspects of early American constitutional thought, particularly immediately preceding the American Revolution, situating early colonial constitutional thought within some of the larger themes and controversies of the 17th-century English constitutionalism, then considering some aspects of American constitutional thought in the founding period against the background of the colonial experience.

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When it runs

Fall 2026Open Fall 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Seminar
Tue Thu 11:40am–1:15pm
PhysSciences 130StaffWait List 46/46

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Seminar
Mon Wed 5:20pm–6:55pm
Kresge Acad 3101J. LandisOpen 49/50

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Joel Landis4.6 / 52.8 / 5100%16

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