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Apr 26, 2024
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2017-2018 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIST 585 - Great Trials in History
Credits: 4
A consideration of selected “show” trials in Western history as a means of investigating the phenomena of law and justice, political crime and political justice, and the relationship between the individual and the state. Through an examination of such diverse material as primary sources, secondary accounts, imaginative literature, and films, the seminar focuses on the institution of the trial as a political and philosophical event. Examples of types of trials to be considered include those of Socrates, Jesus, Thomas More, Anne Boleyn, Galileo, Charles I, Louis XVI, Tom Paine, Sacco and Vanzetti, and John Scopes.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Distribution Requirements: none.
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