Race and the American Legal System
AFAM 231
Fall 2006
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01
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| Crosslisting:
SOC 234 |
This course will examine the role of law in the construction of race in American society. A significant component of the African American struggle took place within America's legal institutions. The African American push for voting and civil rights, equal schools, and fair treatment in the criminal justice system have all had major impacts on the evolution of the American legal system. This course will stress the underlying social context of the legal rulings of judges on the matter of race. As such, we will see judge-made law not as deriving from a set of universal principles but rather from the negotiated outcome of underlying power configurations in society. In this course we will examine significant race-related cases from American history from critical sociological and critical legal perspectives that emphasize social structure and power. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Ogletree, Jr., Charles J., ALL DELIBERATE SPEED: REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRST HALF-CENTURY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 2004
Kennedy, Randall, RACE, CRIME AND THE LAW, 1998
Carter, Dan, SCOTTSBORO
Abel, Richard L., ed., LAWYERS: A CRITICAL READER, 1997
Sanyika Shakur, MONSTER
Cases
Selected articles
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short papers, case briefings, exams, term paper |
| Instructor(s): Moore,Calvin C. Times: .M.W.F. 02:00PM-02:50PM; Location: BTFDA413; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 4 | SO: 4 | FR: 3 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 10 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 0 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 9 |
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