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PSCI 211 - Law, Justice, and Society

4 credits
The course gives an overview of the entire legal system, the interaction between the different legal and political institutions and some of the more controversial issues in law and politics. There are four main parts of the course. The first part of the course deals with jurisprudence (theories of law); the second part focuses on legal institutions, namely courts, legal education, lawyers and juries; the third part identifies certain key issues and debates that have pervaded the legal lives of U.S. and non U.S. societies; and the fourth section concerns an assessment of the role of law and courts in politics and society. Annually. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Diversity US


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