HISTORY 4961w

preparing for your major paper

Law, State, Society

Students in this seminar can research and write their papers on topics related to the following: legal institutions, law and policy, government regulation, concepts of justice, deviance, incarceration, prison systems, international law, human rights, civil rights, courts, citizenship

Sample Paper Topics:

"Asylum Law: Gender Biases and Growth under the Women's Rights Movement"

"Condemned Spells: A Study of the Legality of Erotic Magic in the Roman World"

"How was Communism Portrayed to American Society During the Early Cold War Years?"

"Celebrating or Censoring the Past?: The Role of Heritage and History in the Reconciliation Process in Post-Apartheid South Africa, 1990-Present"

"'Equality of Rights' vs. 'The Right to be a Woman' – Gender, Society, and the Equal Rights Amendment"