2024 Fall

LEGALST 127 001 - LEC 001

Law & American Pacific Empire through World War II

Kyle Deland

Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024

Mo, We, Fr

12:00 pm - 12:59 pm

North Gate 105

Class #:32945

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Letters & Science Legal Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 43

Enrolled: 57

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 100

Waitlist Max: 40

Open Reserved Seats:

23 reserved for Students with 3 or more Terms in Attendance

25 reserved for Legal Studies Majors

Hours & Workload

1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week, 3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 8 hours of outside work hours per week.

Final Exam

FRI, DECEMBER 20TH

11:30 am - 02:30 pm

Wheeler 222

We will study the history of law and American imperialism in the Pacific Rim from the first Pacific whalers, fur traders, and missionaries of the early 1800s to the occupation of Japan and Philippine independence following the end of World War II. Over this period, the states and societies of the Pacific Rim experienced multiple legal and social revolutions and we will explore these across case studies of Oregon Territory, California, Hawai’i, Alaska, and the Philippines. We will critically examine the transformation from the “First” American continental empire to the “Second” American overseas empire, usually dated to 1898, through the lenses of race, indigeneity, capitalism, legal pluralism, and power.