Legal Studies 373 - Justice in Diverse Democracies
Fall
2020
01
3.00
Rebecca Hamlin
TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM
UMass Amherst
62658
Fully Remote Class
rhamlin@umass.edu
This seminar introduces students to some of the big normative questions in contemporary democratic theory. For example, what do justice and equality look like in a diverse democracy? What should participation, inclusion, and representation look like when they take difference into account? How are concepts like citizenship and membership affected by immigration and identity politics? What role do law, legal institutions, and legal statuses play in defining democracy, citizenship, justice?
Open to Senior and Junior Legal Studies majors only. Pre Req: LEGAL 250