LGLS 3700U – Law and Power

The course provides students with critical perspectives on the relationship between law and power. The course will examine how uneven distribution of power affects and shapes processes of law creation, access to justice and legal knowledge, susceptibility to legal sanction, and political advocacy of legal remedies. Topics studied will be drawn from the fields of law and economics, gender and law, indigenous legal issues, race and law, and legal and political theory.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): LGLS 2940U or permission of instructor