Legal Studies 391GL - S-Gender and the Law

This class explores the socially constructed norms and frameworks enabling the legal regulation of gender. The course emphasizes on the United States but turns to international law to examine a number of areas of juridical areas such as equal protection, reproductive rights, the sex trade, work family issues, and sexual and domestic violence. From the perspective of legal cases, legal theory, and sociolegal scholarship, the class explores important topics including, the construction of gender identity through law; the meaning and manifestations of inequality; the intersection of gender with other identity categories such as race, religion, and sexuality; the public/private divide; and, how law reproduces hierarchies while also having the ability to participate in significant social change.

Legal Studies Majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250