This course explores legal issues in Sub-Saharan Africa in relation to the prevailing cultures, the historical and ongoing tensions between imported norms and standards, and home-grown normative systems and values. We will look at contemporary socio-legal issues including informal justice systems; democratic governance; economic development, production and regulation; as well as legal development in the face of cultural practices relating to initiation, marriage and inheritance that are perceived to be harmful or in violation of human rights (especially women's rights).

This class examines popular television and film?s depictions of the law and the legal profession. We take a rigorously critical approach to film and television as examples of cultural production. Therefore, we study these media for what they say about social identity, representation and deployment of law and power in U.S. society.

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Examines power and uses of digital technologies in national, transnational and global governance. Topics include inequalities, transparency, civil society, state capacity, privacy, social movements, cyberwar and electoral politics.

Where are politics in the spaces we go for leisure and play? Sports and politics have become increasingly intertwined over the past 40 years. Local, state, and federal governments, as well as non-governmental bodies like the NCAA, regulate who can participate in sports, and what standards players must meet to do so. But sports have also become the battleground for major political discussions around sex equity, racial inclusion, sexuality, physical ability, and drug testing.

Seminar on the analysis of contemporary urban development issues from a geographical perspective and survey of recently published work in the field. Topics include changing urban systems and structures, transportation, housing, and social and economic factors. Students carry out individual or group research projects.