LGLS 3240U – Cultural Studies of Law

This course explores cultural studies approaches to law. Part of the course will be dedicated to developments in legal scholarship, including law and literature, law and film, and law and popular culture. Students will become familiar with methods of reading cultural texts that deal with the law in various forms (such as courtroom dramas and legal thrillers, or texts dealing with divorce or other social phenomena which engage the law). Students will also study ways in which cultural studies scholars examine the law itself (such as cases or legislation), or place the law in a broader cultural context.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): LGLS 2200U or CRMN 2830U or permission of instructor