The casebook for the course is Presser & Zainaldin, Law and Jurisprudence in American History (7th ed., 2009). You must have the 7th edition of the casebook; no other edition will do. Used copies of the 7th edition are available at the CSU bookstore and presumably on line as well.

There is also a required Supplement, which may be purchased at the secretarial offices in the atrium. The Supplement should be available either this Friday, Jan. 9, or Monday, Jan. 12.

For Tuesday, January 13:

(1) Pick of a copy of a Handout, entitled Introduction, which you will find in a box on top of the file cabinets opposite my office (LB 161), attached to the Course Syllabus. It is available now. Read (a) for background, pp. 1-5, and (b) for class discussion pp. 6-9, excerpts from the Massachusetts Laws and Liberties (1648). Which strike you as the most important civil rights and liberties granted citizens of Massachusetts Bay Colony? (Note: Your excerpt retains the spelling and grammar of the original document. Note also that the term "Freeman" as used in the document does not mean "free" as opposed to "slave"; rather, it signifies a full member of the Puritan church, the established church of the colony.)

(2) Also read the Course Syllabus before class. The Syllabus is available now, also on top of the file cabinets opposite my office.

For Thursday, January 15:

(1) The Zenger case, Seditious Libel, and the Jury: In the Casebook, read pp. 41-top 49, bott 50-53, bott 55-mid 56, 57-62. (I suggest reading first note 1, pp. 58-59, as it supplies useful background information about the case.)

(2) In the handout Introduction read pp. 10-17 on the modern problem of jury nullification.