Trials in History, Fall 2000
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Author: Wood, Elizabeth A.
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Institution Name:
M.I.T.
Collection Name: MIT OpenCourseWare
Abstract: Examines a number of famous trials in European and American history. Considers the salient issues (political, social, cultural) of several trials, the ways in which each trial was constructed and covered in public discussion at the time, the ways in which legal reasoning and storytelling interacted in each trial and in later retellings of the trial, and the ways in which trials serve as both spectacle and a forum for moral and political reasoning. Students have an opportunity to study one trial in depth and present their findings to the class.
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Course Type: Full Course
Material Types: Homework and Assignments, Syllabi
Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs
Language: English
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