Course Description
An examination of the effects of race on the structure and practice of law, on thinking about law, and on legal education.
Athena Title
Race and Law
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The goal of this course is to enable undergraduate students to identify and contend with the ways in which law is influenced negatively and positively by race. The students will be able to engage in self-aware and system-critical practices regarding the intersection of race and the law.
Topical Outline
What is race? What is law? How the two may be related History of the Issue Present thinking about the issue Methods of analysis Rights Recent cases Theories of response Identifying the effects of race on: Jurisprudence Legal education Law practice The legal system Communities Options for the future
Syllabus
Public CV