| Subject | Course | Section | Course Title | Course Description | Instructor | Files | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LS | 402 | 001, 002 | Perspectives on Legal Authority and Subjectivity |
This seminar explores the relation between those who make or administer law and select legal subjects whose lives and identities are shaped by law. Students will debate and assess selected perspectives while touching on various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities. |
 LS 402-001 and 002_A.Ouedraogo_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 | |
| LS | 401 | 001, 002, 003 | Law, Culture, and Rights |
This seminar explores the intersection of culture and rights from a legal studies perspective in order to better understand the diversity of ways that law shapes our society, and vice versa. Students will debate and assess selected topics from the perspective of various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities. |
Susan Dianne Brophy, Frederick Desroches |
LS 401-001_A.Purkey_Fall 2017.pdf LS 401-002_S.Brophy_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 |
| LS | 386 | 001 | Law and Violence |
Discussions about law's coercive power raise important questions about the legitimacy of state-sanctioned violence. This course uncovers the roots and limits of law's power as it relates to questions of violence, obedience, and dissent. |
Susan Dianne Brophy | Fall 2017 | |
| LS | 351 | 001 | Philosophy of Law |
Basic themes in the philosophy of law. Issues include the nature of law and its relation to morality and politics, legal reasoning, the justification of punishment, and theories of rights, responsibility and liability. Cross-listed with PHIL 327 |
Stéphanie Grégoire |
PHIL 327-LS 351_S.Gregoire_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 |
| SOC | 327 | 001 | Policing in a Democratic Society |
A critical examination of the police as social control agents in contemporary democratic societies. Topics include the historical evolution of policing; police recruitment, training, and education; police/community relations; the occupational subculture of the police; police authority and discretion; private policing; and police deviance and criminality. Cross-listed with SOC 327 |
Frederick Desroches |
SOC-LS 327_F.Desroches_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 |
| LS | 292 | 001 | Literature and the Law |
A study of literary works that involve legal matters and/or have led to litigation on such grounds as obscenity, treason, heresy, libel, and plagiarism. Cross-listed with ENGL 213 |
Veronica Austen |
ENGL 213-LS 292_V.Austen_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 |
| LS | 291 | 001 | Legal Writing |
A study of the principles, processes, and various forms of writing used in the practice of law and drafting of legislation. The history and structure of legal writing, including current debates about plain language, will be examined. Cross-listed with ENGL 210I |
Ryan Devitt |
ENGL 210I-LS 291_R.Devitt_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 |
| LS | 272 | 001 | Psychology and Law |
Psychological principles drawn from a variety of subdisciplines (e.g., social, clinical, cognitive) will be surveyed in terms of their relevance and application to the legal system. Topics may include jury selection and decision-making, eyewitness testimony, insanity defense, competency assessment, risk assessment, and attitudes toward law and the legal process. Cross-listed with PSYCH 230 |
John Rempel |
PSYCH 230-LS 272_J.Rempel_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 |
| LS | 235 | 001 | History of Ancient Law |
An historical introduction to law in the ancient world. Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, and Roman law, legal practices, and concepts will be examined. Cross-listed with CLAS 210, HIST 210 |
Dan Hutter |
HIST-CLAS 210-LS 235_D.Hutter_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 |
| LS | 229 | 001 | Selected Topics in Criminology |
Sociological analysis of research and theory on selected criminal activities. Motivation, modus operandi, and the social characteristics of offenders will be examined in relation to such specific crimes as drug and sexual offenses, theft, robbery, murder, organized crime, and/or other criminal activities. Cross-listed with SOC 229 |
Frederick Desroches |
SOC-LS 229_F.Desroches_Fall 2017.pdf |
Fall 2017 |