:: tEACHING lEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL hISTORY ::
 

On March 19 - 21, 1999, the Supreme Court Historical Society and the University of South Carolina School of Law co-sponsored a conference held at the Conference Center of the University of Maryland, College Park.  Collected below are a number of papers delivered on the teaching of the constitution:

• Herbert A. Johnson, "Collegiate Study of American Constitutional History: A Search for New Beginnings."
   
• Melvin I. Urofsky, "American Constitutional History Over the Past Fifty Years."
   
• Michael Les Benedict, "Expanding the Scope of American Constitutional History."
   
• Robert L. Clinton, "American Constitutional History and the Social Sciences."
   
• Sandra F. VanBurkleo, "The Human Subject in American Constitutional History."
   
• Herbert A. Johnson, "Legal and Constitutional History: Useful Combination or Casting Oil on Water?"
   
• Mark Tushnet, "The Relevance of Comparative Constitutional Law to Undergraduate Education in Constitutional History."

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Teaching Legal History normally also includes a selection of sample syllabi from a variety of professors and lecturers.  Previously "Teach the Constitution," this section is under construction to incorporate the variety of legal history courses being taught.

To suggest a syllabus, please e-mail an electronic copy (if not a link to on online syllabus, preferably pdf or rtf format) to cwaldrep@sfsu.edu.