LAW 6159

Racism and the Law

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Provides students and faculty with an opportunity to explore the interrelationship between the law and structural and systemic racism. The course will provide an overview of, and a variety of perspectives, on constitutional law, criminal law, international law, economic law, and many other issue areas. Each session will feature a different faculty instructor and a different topical focus. This course is pass-fail and course grading will be on the basis of a series of short reaction papers submitted over the course of the semester (there is no final exam or final paper). The course design is intended to encourage a broad-based and far-reaching dialogue.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2022FA, 2021FA, 2020FA

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