SOCL 310 - Sociology of Law

2018-2019 Catalog Year

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 3
Non-Lecture: 0
This course is designed to further students’ understanding of the relationship between law and society, in particular the ways in which the legal system interacts with the social, economic, and political institutions of American society. Topics to be covered may include the legal profession, family law, minority rights and affirmative action, labor law, sexual harassment, abortion, euthanasia, criminal and civil commitment law, the death penalty, environmental law, or student rights.

Offered: At least once a year