Modern Legal Theory (LAW-722-001)
Hutchinson
Meets: 09:00 AM - 10:50 AM (M) - Room 100
Limit: 45
Notices
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Description
Examines the relationship between law and social theories, including political science, history, and sociology. Using the social sciences as a theoretical framework, the class will provide students with a helpful context for discovering that broad legal change does not occur simply through the work of lawyers applying legal reasoning. Instead, law evolves through a complex interaction of legal, political, economic, and social forces in the domestic and international realms. The course will place particular emphasis on the involvement of social movement actors in the evolution of constitutional and civil rights law. As such, several sessions of the course will examine the impact of feminism, the civil rights movement, anti-poverty actors, labor movement activists, and gay and lesbian advocacy upon law and legal institutions. In addition to these materials, students will examine legal sources, such as court rulings and statutes in order to appreciate how politics informs legal analysis and policy.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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First Class Readings
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