Spring 2009 Course Schedule

Comparative Intl Law: Law & Social Movements (LAW-795-003)
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Description

This course offers an introduction to the study of law and social movements, across a comparative and international perspective. The study of social movements is well-established in the social sciences, while the study of the way legal norms and institutions and social movements mutually influence each other, is a rapidly emerging area of research in international, constitutional, labor and other areas of law. The rise of social movements during the past three decades within the United States and several other countries as well as transnationally across state boundaries, has made this topic of great interest to policy-makers as well. This course asks key questions such as: Why do movements resort to the law, and what impact does law have on movements’ goals, strategies and effectiveness? Why do some movements resort to the law more and why do some succeed using the law while others don’t? How can one describe success and failure in movements resort to law? After an introduction to theoretical frameworks on social movements and law, the course will be devoted to in-depth case-studies of law and social movements in the US and India in areas such as civil rights, women’s rights and poverty/welfare/social justice. It will then examine case studies of law and social movements at the transnational level, in areas such as trade, international financial institutions and nuclear proliferation.

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