Law and Social Movements (370-0-1)

Instructors

Jesse Yeh
620 Lincoln Street

Meeting Info

Annenberg Hall G32: Mon, Wed 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

How does "the law" inhibit and facilitate social change? How do movement actors navigate and deploy laws and legal institutions? This course first develops the necessary conceptual tools to analyze the complex relationships between law, politics, and social change. Then, the course will turn to examine two key movements that shape contemporary US: the Civil Rights Movement and the conservative legal movement. This class focuses on developing your ability to work with social science data and historical sources, rather than regurgitating facts. The main components of the course are in-class participation and exercises, as well as short papers.

Class Materials (Required)

All readings will be posted on the course website

Class Attributes

Social and Behavioral Science Foundational Discipl
Social & Behavioral Sciences Distro Area