Legal Studies 297J - ST-Crit Approaches/Law&Justice

The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to the basic concepts for the critical study of Law and Justice, both in US and in the international context. The course carries out a philosophical analysis of the main contemporary theories of law and justice. Philosophical and socio-legal debates on the "function and nature" of law in contemporary societies are exposed, with special interest in the US's case. At the same time, the relationship between law and politics, morals, economics, colonialism and, above all, justice is evaluated. Thus, the course constitutes a critical reflection on the possibility of justice in our time.

Open to Legal Studies majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250