Law, Jurisp & Social Thought 374 - Rights

Fall
2017
01
4.00
Kristin Bumiller
T 02:30PM-05:00PM
Amherst College
LJST-374-01-1718F
CLAR 100
kbumiller@amherst.edu
POSC-474-01,LJST-374-01

(Offered as POSC 474 [SC] and LJST 374) This seminar explores the role of rights in addressing inequality, discrimination, and violence. This course will trace the evolution of rights focused legal strategies aimed at addressing injustice coupled with race, gender, disability, and citizenship status. We will evaluate how rights-based activism often creates a gap between expectation and realization. This evaluation will consider when and how rights are most efficacious in producing social change and the possibility of unintended consequences. This course fulfills the requirement for an advanced seminar in Political Science.


Requisite: One introductory Political Science course or its equivalent. Limited to 15 students. Fall semester. Professor Bumiller.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.