POL 324 Identity & Intersectionality in Law
This course applies the legal framework of intersectionality to an examination of the ways in which identity informs and structures individual and group interactions with the law. Drawing heavily on critical legal studies, critical race theories, and critical feminist, queer, and disability studies of the law, the course problematizes the discourse of rights, the ways in which the law reproduces structural inequalities for historically marginalized and oppressed groups, and the failures of the law to recognize intersectional identities. At the same time, the course also examines the ways in which intersectional and rights-based frameworks have been used to achieve meaningful legal gains and advance socio-political equality.
Prerequisite
POL 220 is recommended.