Most of my courses deal with legal history. Here at the University of Pittsburgh School of LawI currently offer two legal history "surveys" - American Legal History 1600-1865 and American Legal History 1865-1990 - and two legal history seminars - Ancient Law and English Legal History. This past year, I developed a new first-year Perspectives in Legal History course focussing on the phenomenology of law. In the upper-year curriculum I teach a course on Estates and Trusts; I have also taught first-year Property.
This course surveys the history of American law from the beginnings of colonization through the end of the Civil War. For a full course description, hyperlinks and copies of past exams, see the course page.
This course surveys the history of American law from the end of the Civil War to the present day. For a full course description, hyperlinks and copies of past exams, see the course page.
This seminar explores the laws and legal practices of six ancient civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Hittite Empire, Israel, Greece and Rome. For a full course description, readings and hyperlinks, see the course page.
This seminar introduces students to central topics in the history of English law from the Norman Conquest to the nineteenth century. For a full course description and hyperlinks, see the course page.
This course examines the full chronological range of Western legal history (from Mesopotamia through the present day) through the lens of phenomenology, focussing on the interrelation of law and physical experience. For a full course description, see the course page.
This course surveys the law relating to the gratuitous post-mortem transfer of wealth by wills, trusts and intestacy. For a full course description, hyperlinks and old exams, see the course page.
