2023-2024 Undergraduate Bulletin

LWS 200 Introduction to Law and Society

3 hours 

This course introduces students to the ways that people attempt to use law for social and political change, as well as how social and political forces affect the content of law and access to it. Using a variety of approaches, the course covers issues such as how people understand law and how law both limits and empowers people politically. The course also serves as the introductory course for the Law and Society major.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 101; and POL 101 or SOC 101