summer session 2011:
Undergraduate credit courses
Legal Studies
Liberal Studies B.A. Degree Program: Legal Studies
Current Social Issues and the Law The Law and Film Updated June 3, 2011
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Focuses on current legal issues such as abortion, the death penalty, and affirmative action. The pivotal Supreme Court cases establishing the law in each area are read. In addition, research in sociology and psychology is examined to understand the conditions that led to the key court decisions and the impact of those decisions on society.
CSO3300.45 / 4 credits
CSO9300.45 / noncredit option / $595
Alexander Levine
Mon. & Wed., 6:15–10:05 p.m.
Session II: June 13–July 27
Humanities Bldg., Room 1077
*CANCELLED* Law and the Family
The law touches everyone from conception to the grave and beyond. Family interactions between spouses, parents, children, and elders are dictated by rights and duties defined in the law. This course explores how the law weaves in and out of family structures in an attempt to protect and preserve certain rights and values.
CSO3475.70 / 4 credits
CSO9475.70 / noncredit option / $595
Arnold Streisfeld
Mon.–Fri., 1:00-4:20 p.m.
Session IV (Intensive): July 11–29
Library, Room 0001
An examination of how law functions (or malfunctions), using contemporary films to illustrate the U.S. criminal justice system. Students review series of films and compare them to literature and contemporary realities. Topics include arrest, interrogation, and the right to an attorney; preparation for trial and jury selection; the conduct of a trial, including opening statements, examinations and cross-examinations of witnesses, and sentencing; and imprisonment. Also offered as FTF 3055.
CSS3055.70 / 4 credits
FTF9055.70 / noncredit option / $595
Basil Apostle
Mon.–Fri., 9:00 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Session IV (Intensive): July 11–29
Social Sciences Bldg., Room 1039
*CANCELLED* Capital Punishment in America
An examination of the historical, moral, and legal issues surrounding the death penalty. Students confront the major controversial issues in the current death penalty debate and learn to form arguments from both the pro-life and pro-death penalty perspectives. Topics include retribution, deterrence, proportionality, discrimination, error, and public opinion. Students analyze Supreme Court decisions and scholarly treatments of capital punishment.
CSS3729.45 / 4 credits
CSS9729.45 / noncredit option / $595
Charles Murphy
Tues. & Thurs., 6:30–10:05 p.m.
Session II: June 14–July 28
Social Sciences Bldg., Room 1006
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