HIS 375 Gender and Justice Before 1800
3 hours
This course examines the complex interrelationship of gender and ideas and practices of justice before 1800. Drawing on a mix of primary and secondary sources with a focus on trial records, students will analyze primary legal documents using the theories and methodologies of gender studies and history. This course will help students understand the role of gender in premodern global justice as well as the early history of criminal justice. Students will complete the course with a research paper demonstrating independent analysis of trial documents situated in appropriate scholarship.
Prerequisite
ENG 201 and junior standing or above
Notes
This course satisfies the John Jay College Option: Justice in Global Perspective (300-level) area of the Gen Ed Program.