The casebook for the course is Presser & Zainaldin, Law and Jurisprudence in American History (8th ed., 2013). You must have the 8th edition of the casebook; no other edition will do. New copies are available for purchase or rental at the CSU bookstore. (There are probably copies available on the Internet as well.)

There is also a required Supplement, which may be purchased at the secretarial office in the atrium. The Supplement should be available on Friday, Jan. 4.

For Monday, Jan. 7

(1) Pick up a copy of a Handout, entitled Introdution, which you will find in a box on top of the cabinets opposite my office (LB 161), no charge. It should also be available on Friday, Jan. 4. 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 here 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 should also be available on Friday, Jan. 4, on top of the file cabinets opposite my office.

For Wednesday, Jan. 9

(1) The Zenger Case, Seditious Libel, and the Jury: In the casebook read 44-52 (up to last para.), mid 54-58, mid 59 (from sec. 7)-top 60, bott 60-66 (thru n.8)

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