Family Law: Theory and Policy (LAW-720A-001)
Myers
Meets: 03:00 PM - 04:50 PM (M) - Room 501
Enrolled: 12 / Limit: 16
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Description
This two credit upper-level course focuses on selected topics in family law from both theoretical and policy perspectives, with an emphasis on race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. The course will examine family law issues that have a constitutional or federal law dimension. Topics include legal responses to changing family structures, alternative methods of reproduction, the legacy of slavery, state regulation of intimate human relationships, family leave, and reproductive rights. The course will examine the policies behind current guiding principles of family law with an emphasis on feminist theory. Family Law is not a prerequisite for this course. Requests to satisfy the upper-level writing requirement will be considered on an individual basis.
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Syllabus
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