Legal Studies 397LC - ST-Law,Labor&Capltsm/USHist

This course surveys law and society literature from the perspective of how law helps to define and reproduce power relations in society. We will study household law, property law, employment law, and the law of the post-Reconstruction South using theoretical and historical frameworks borrowed from a diverse array of disciplines, including social history, economic theory, legal history, and sociology. Emphasis will be on readings and some limited case analyses.

This course is open to Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Legal Studies majors only. This course surveys law and society literature from the perspective of how law helps to define and reproduce power relations in society. We will study household law, property law, employment law, and the law of the post-Reconstruction South using theoretical and historical frameworks borrowed from a diverse array of disciplines, including social history, economic theory, legal history, and sociology. Emphasis will be on readings and some limited case analyses.