Law and Art: Legal Debates as Depicted in Art

(2.5-3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course has at is main objective to discuss ideas about law through art. The art forms include literature, cinema, painting, architecture, monuments, and music. Among the legal concepts to be discussed will be: the definition of law, justice; equality and the role of the state; transitional justice; reparations; women's struggle for resources and power; race, class and gender discrimination; national borders and the place of law in the family.