LECTURE OUTLINE: EXAM 1
 

1. HISTORY - INTRODUCTION

            WHY WE STUDY HISTORY

2. PRELITERARY HISTORY
        A. FOOD-GATHERER
        B. FOOD-PRODUCER
        C. MAN-THE CITY DWELLER

3. MESOPOTAMIA
        A. SUMERIAN CULTURE
                  1. HISTORY
                  2. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS (BICAMERAL LEG)
                  3. ECONOMY
                  4. RELIGION
                  5. LAW CODES

        B. BABYLONIA
                  1. SEMITIC AMORITES - HAMMURABI
                  2. ECONOMY
                  3. RELIGION
                  4. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
                  5. CODE OF HAMMURABI

          C. HEBREWS
                     1. POLITICAL HISTORY
                            A. ABRAHAM
                            B. EGYPT - HYKSOS, AKHENATON
                            C. MOSES - EXODUS
                            D. MONARCHY - DAVID
                            E. CONQUERED - ASSYRIA, CHALDEA, PERSIA
                      2. SOCIAL CHANGES
                      3. RELIGIOUS CHANGES
                            A. PREMOSAIC STAGE
                            B. NATIONAL MONOLATRY
                            C. PROPHETIC REVOLUTION
                            D. POST-EXILIC PERIOD - PERSIAN INFLUENCE
                        4. LAWS OF THE HEBREWS
                            A. THE TORAH
                            B. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - EX. 34 THEN EX. 20
                            C. CRIMINAL, MORAL LAWS

COURSE THEMES
1. LAW REFLECTS MORALS

2. MORALS REFLECT THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT

3. MORALS CHANGE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT

4. CURRENT MORALS ARE THE CULMINATION OF CENTURIES OF DEVELOPMENT

5. CURRENT LAWS REFLECT CHANGING MORALS

6. THE ONLY WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT IS THROUGH THE PAST.
 
 
 
 

LECTURE OUTLINE: Exam 2

1. GREECE

        A. ANCIENT GREECE
            1. MINOAN - MYCENAEAN CULTURES
                    A. POLITICAL
                    B. SOCIAL HISTORY
                    C. ECONOMY
                    D. RELIGION
        B. CLASSICAL GREECE
            1. SPARTA
                    A. HISTORY
                    B. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
                    C. SOCIETY
                    D. ECONOMY
                    E. THE EUNOMIA
            2. ATHENS
                    A. HISTORY
                    B. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
                    C. DRACO - SOLON
                    D. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
                    E. DEMOCRATIC IDEALS
                    F. RELIGION
                    G. DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL PROCEDURES
                    H. PHILOSOPHY - SOCRATES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE
 

    2.  ROME
        A. REPUBLIC
            1. HISTORY
            2. SOCIAL/POLITICAL STRUCTURE
            3. ETRUSCAN INFLUENCE
            4. TWELVE TABLES OF ROMAN LAW
            5. NEW POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT -PLEBEIAN REPRESENTATION
            6. MILITARY HISTORY
            7. END OF THE REPUBLIC - AUGUSTUS
 
 
 
 
 
 

HISTORY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 

LECTURE OUTLINE: Exam 3
 

1.  CHRISTIANITY
        A. INTRODUCTION
                1. FOUR GOSPELS
                2. OTHER GOSPELS
        B. PALESTINE
                1. SOCIAL STRUCTURE AT THE TIME OF CHRIST
                2. DIVISION OF JEWISH SOCIETY
                3. ROMAN INFLUENCE
        C. JESUS CHRIST
                1. LIFE
                2. MESSAGES
        D. EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY
                1. SAUL OF TARSUS
                2. EASTERN RELIGION
                3. EARLY DOCTRINE CONTROVERSY
 

2.  ROMAN EMPIRE & COLLAPSE
        A. GERMANIC TRIBES
                1. RAIDS - INVASIONS
                2. ST. AUGUSTINE
                        A. INFLUENCE ON THE GERMANIC TRIBES
                        B. CONFESSIONS - CITY OF GOD
                3. DARK AGES
                4. COURT PROCEDURES - DIVINE
        B. BYZANTINE EMPIRE
                1. DIOCLETIAN
                2. SOCIAL/POLITICAL REASONS
                3. CONSTANTINE
                4. JUSTINIAN CODE
        C. ISLAM
                1. ORIGINS
                2. POLITICAL/MILITARY EXPANSION
                3. KORAN
                        A. JUDGES
                        B. LAWS
        D. EUROPE
                1. MANORIALISM
                2. FEUDALISM
                3. COURT PROCEDURE
 
 
 
 
 

LECTURE OUTLINE: EXAM 4
 

1.  ENGLAND

        A. EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
                1. WINDMILL HILL
                2. BEAKERS
                3. CELTS - BELGAE
        B. ROMAN INFLUENCE
                1. POLITICAL
                2. SOCIAL
        C. EARLY ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD
                1. HISTORY - ROME AND CELTS
                2. CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY
                            A. CELTIC - PATRICK
                            B. ROMAN - AUGUSTINE
                3. POLITICAL UNITY
                            A. DANES
                            B. ALFRED
                4. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
                5. GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
                            A. KING, WITAN
                            B. SHIRE
                            C. HUNDRED, BOROUGH
                            D. THE VILL - TITHING GROUP - FRANKPLEDGE
                6. COURT PROCEDURES
        D. THE NORMAN CONQUEST
                1. WILLIAM & HAROLD
                            A. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR
                2. NORMAN FEUDALISM
                3. BIRTH OF COMMON LAW
        E. HENRY I
                1. NEW JUDICIAL SYSTEM
                2. JUSTICIAR
                3. EARLY EXCHEQUER
                4. SHERIFF
        F. HENRY II
                1. WESTMINSTER COURT
                2. KING'S LAW
                3. NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONCEPTS
                                A. GRAND JURY
                                B. FELONY - MISDEMEANOR
                                C. CIVIL JURY
                                D. ITINERANT JUSTICES
        G. RICHARD I & JOHN
                1. POPE PROBLEMS
                2. MAGNA CARTA
                                A. NEW CONCEPTS OF LAW
                                                1. LAW IS SUPREME
                                                2. LAW PROTECTS PEOPLE