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Latinas(os) and the Law (LAW-795-002)
Ortiz, Ferg-Cadima

Meets: 06:00 PM - 07:50 PM (M) - Room 504

Enrolled: 10 / Limit: 18

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Description

Discourse on American law traditionally has marginalized Latinos and Latinas in the United States. This course challenges the traditional view by placing Latino communities, immigrant and citizen alike, at the center. As the largest and most diverse ethnic minority group, Latinos and Latinas have had a significant impact on American law. Through an exploration of legal history and critiques, civil rights movements, constitutional guarantees, and cross-discipline scholarship, students will discuss the significance of culture, ethnicity, language, race, color, national origin subgroups (i.e., Mexican Americans (Chicanos), Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Central and South Americans), gender, sexual orientation, politics, and socio-economic and immigrant status for Latinas/os. This course would be of interest to students who plan to serve a predominantly Latina/o client base or who have an intellectual interest in issues related to Latinos, ethnic studies, and civil rights law and litigation.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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Title: Latinos & The Law (Casebook) Author: Delgado Publisher: West-Thomson Reuter (ISBN 9780314161246) REQUIRED Title: Latino Condition (Critical Reader) Author: Delgado Publisher: New York University Press 2nd Edition (ISBN 9780814720400) REQUIRED

First Class Readings

Class 1
Monday, August 24, 2015
Latina/o Demographic Shifts through the Legal Treatment of Latinos of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Descent

Latinos and the Law, Chapter 1, 14-30, 41-47 (those of Mexican descent), 49-80 (those of Puerto Rican descent), 81-87, 89-106 (those of Cuban descent), and Part 8, 792-97 (Guadalupe T. Luna, “This Land Belongs to Me:” Chicanas, Land Grant Adjudication, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo)
Pew Hispanic Center, Hispanics in the U.S.: By Origin and Place of Birth (Infographics) (Aug. 2012), available at http://goo.gl/IEXUvU
Pew Hispanic Center, Latinos by Population (Interactive Maps by Population, Share, and Growth) (Mar. 2012), available at http://goo.gl/Qj6z5T
Office of Immigration Statistics, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2011 (Jan. 2011) 1-7, available http://goo.gl/u5y0fB

Latino Americans, PBS documentary video vignettes and timeline, available at http://goo.gl/79af0q
Harvest of Empire documentary, available at http://goo.gl/zelxct
Pew Hispanic Center, The 10 Largest Hispanic Origin Groups: Characteristics, Rankings, Top Counties (June 2012) 1-18, available at http://goo.gl/4cEjr3
Pew Hispanic Center, Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010 (Feb. 2011) 9-17, available at http://goo.gl/tdXjom
Pew Hispanic Center, Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero – and Perhaps Less (Apr. 23, 2012) 6-10, available at http://goo.gl/3xLJuK