HIST 395

Spring 2015 All Classes

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Topics in Law and Society

Credit: 3 hours.

Topics and problems in the history of laws, legal institutions, jurisprudence, concepts of justice, and their role(s) in shaping societies over time. Specific readings and foci will vary.

May be repeated in the same or separate terms for a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of college history.

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HIST 395 class schedule data for spring 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	61751	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -2:50PM	MWF	111 Gregory Hall	Pope-Obeda, E	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Section Info: Topic: Immigration Law and Policy. Description: This course explores the historical development of immigration policy, immigration restriction, nativist sentiment, and movements for immigrant rights and pushback against narrowing of the definition of America as a land of immigrants. To do so, it will cover not only shifting policy, but also shifting attitudes, priorities, and mechanisms of state power and control which have impacted the composition of the nation's immigrant population. The idea of a nation founded upon open immigration has been a driving force of American national myth and imagination, and yet, since its inception, the nation has been deeply divided over immigration restriction and the narrowing of the "golden door" of opportunity. This course will also seek to uncover the human experiences behind immigration policy shifts, restriction, and deportation. Rather than viewing laws as made and enforced entirely from the top-down, this course will examine the spread of social movements, from racially prejudiced nativist movements, to immigrant-led struggles for acceptance and a fair place in society, to demonstrate how laws are not made in a vacuum but rather in a diverse and vocal societal atmosphere. As such, this course will focus on immigrant communities not only as passive subjects of immigrant policy, but as active participants in the debates, by tracing their communal and individual advocacy and protest activity.