LJS - Law, Justice, and Society Minor
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Effective: Fall 2016
The Law, Justice, and Society Minor provides an interdisciplinary perspective on law. We study the complex ways in which law works in society and the integral relationship of law with justice. The law is not a tool or technique to be mastered and manipulated. Law emerges out of struggles over social, political, and cultural values; law affects different communities differently; and law shapes society and is shaped by it. Students in the Law, Justice, and Society program will become familiarized with law in different societies, but even more, they will learn a holistic way of thinking about the interactions of law, justice, and society that will serve them well whether they go into law or another field.
Requisites
Requirements for the Minor (20 Credits)
I. Required Core/Gateway Course
Complete all of the following:
course - Law, Justice, and Society
II. Electives
Four other courses are to be chosen from the following, provided that they are from at least two different departments. At least two courses must have a non-U.S., or International, focus.
A. U.S. Focus
course - Business Law
course - Policing and the Rule of Law: Gender, Race, and Citizenship, OR course - Policing and the Rule of Law: Gender, Race, and Citizenship
course - Law and Literature
course - The Fourteenth Amendment: Rights, Identity, and Power in Modern America
course - Introduction to Ethics
course - Ethics and Society
course- Philosophy of Law
course - Constitutional Law and Civil Rights
course - Social Policy and Inequality in America
course - Race and Politics
course - Cultural Diversity and the Law
course - Criminology
course - Engendering Prison, OR course - Engendering Prisons
B. Non-U.S./International Focus
course - Law and Trials in Ancient Society
course - The Global Economy
course - Human Rights in Literature and Film
course - Cinema and Social Justice
course - Introduction to Ethics
course - Ethics and Society
course - Philosophy of Law
course - Special Topics in Human Rights
course - Refugees and Migrants: The Global Crisis of Immigration
course - Principles of International Law
course - Torture: Pain, Body, and Truth
course - Global Discourse on Human Rights OR course - Global Discourse on Human Rights
course - Seminar on Human Rights
course - The United Nations System and the International Community
course - Banned Books: Russian Literature and Censorship
Note
course - Banned Books: Russian Literature and Censorship (Caspersen School of Graduate Studies) and course - Mass Incarceration and Economic Justice (Theological School) may be taken and counted toward the electives portion of the minor requirements.
Other courses offered as special topics may be applied to the minor as deemed appropriate. Examples: