Transforming Legal Traditions
Read this brief history of the Equity Courts of South Carolina. Read the first few paragraphs of Francisco Avalos' brief Introduction to the Mexican Legal System on the University of Arizona law school website, up through the discussion of the 1857 Constitution. Read the official Justice Quebec Historical Note on the Development of the Justice System in Quebec.
Please review these Study Guide topics: John Marshall, Chancellor James Kent, and Roger Taney. (Blue : turn 5) team will have responsibility for preparing the [week 12 study guide page] and posting comments to the discussion board.
Democracy and its Discontents
Read Guarneri, America in the World, pp. 123-131. Step through the sequence of maps showing U.S. Party votes (by county), in 1840, 1842, 1844, 1846, 1848, 1850, and 1852. Please print and bring to class a copy of the Maryland Session Laws of 1838 (excerpts).
Please review these Study Guide topics: Petticoat (Peggy Eaton) Affair (1831), Working Men's Party, and Whig Party (United States). (Purple : turn 6) team will have responsibility for preparing the [week 12 study guide page] and posting comments to the discussion board.
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