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Dec 15, 2025
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LJC 6000 - Proseminar in Law, Justice & Culture
This proseminar exposes students to sociolegal study from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students learn the theoretical and methodological traditions of law and society scholarship through readings from anthropology, criminology, history, political science, and sociology, among others. The wide range of readings provides students with knowledge of varied approaches to the study of law while demonstrating a common appreciation of the mutually constitutive relation of law and society.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 4
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 seminar
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to explain the different approaches to the study of law.
- Students will be able to explain the structure and functioning of legal institutions.
- Students will be able to analyze the ways in which legal institutions and processes constitute and are constituted by politics, culture, and society.
- Students will be able to describe the ways in which race, ethnicity, class, and gender shape perceptions and experiences of legal systems.
- Students will be able to recognize the relationships among law, justice, and society in the United States and global contexts.
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