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LAWS 3103

Law, Culture, and the Humanities: A Foundation

0.5 credit · Undergraduate

Themes, approaches and debates in the field of law, culture and the humanities. Primary materials considered may include theoretical writings/cultural criticism/literary texts/films/video/photography and music. These texts present different modes and means of inquiring into the assumptions and aspirations that we ascribe to law.

2026

Readings

  • I recommend M.H. Abrams’s A Glossary of Literary Terms (ITP Nelson/ HarcourtBrace), available in the reference section of the library (PN44.5.A2 1999).
  • Philip Kaisary, “‘The lost unity of social life’: Law and Literature in the World-System,” forthcoming with Law & Critique, [first half of essay only].
  • Carl Schmitt, “Definition of Sovereignty,” Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty. New York: University of Chicago Press, 2005, pp. 39–46.
  • Sophocles, Antigone, translated by Reginald Gibbons and Charles Segal, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 94–133. (40pp.)
  • York: Bedford-St. Martin’s, 2006), pp. 191–96.

Prerequisites & course information

Prerequisite(s): 1.0 credit in LAWS at the 2000 level. Lectures three hours a week.

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