PSCI211

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Offers students an overview of the legal system, exploring the interaction between the different legal and political institutions, and delving into some of the more controversial issues in law and politics. This is done in five main parts: the first deals with jurisprudence (theories of law); the second focuses on applying a law and society approach to understanding key legal institutions, namely courts, legal education, lawyers and juries; the third identifies certain key issues and debates that inform how people think about and interact with the law; the fourth concerns an assessment of the intersections between identity, politics, and the law; and the fifth concerns the many facets of the law both in the United States and internationally.

BSS: GenEd-Breadth/Social Science, CEA: ProgCLA-CEA and Au Pair, EMPO: Major-Political Sci Elective, MPOL: Major-Political Science, ENPO: Minor-Political Sci Elective, NLAW: Minor-Law, NPOL: Minor-Political Science, PPD: GenEd-Power/Privilege/Diff