Law and Society

3 units

This seminar is designed as a survey of important topics within the broad area of Law and Society. Areas to be examined in the seminar include courts and public policy making; civil liberties and political tolerance; criminal justice; the legal pofession; juries; legitimacy adn compliance with law; law and social change; procedural justice; and comparative law. The seminar will focus on understanding, synthesizing and evaluation the broad range of empirical research conducted under the rubric law and society.