PG 315
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Law and Society
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Course Description
This course introduces students to the nature, functions, and processes of law. The course surveys criminal and civil trials in the U.S., England, and France, appellate deliberations in several countries, constitutional courts and public law, and specific extra-judicial legal institutions. The latter third of the course details lessons of the first two-thirds by case study of litigation in the United States.
Course Typically Offered
Offered every other year.
Career
Undergraduate
Catalog Course Attributes
CO24 - KN (Knowledge, Identity, and Power), CO24 - SOCSCI (Social Sci and Historical), CORE - KN (Knowledge, Identity, and Power), INTD - AFAM (African American Studies AFAM), INTD - CLJ (Crime Law Justice Studies CLJ)
Min Units
1
Max Units
1
Name
Lecture
Optional Component
No
Final Exam Type
Yes