02 2014. 12 2022 LSJ 495 Study Abroad – Law, Societies and Justice (3-5, max. 15) SScComparative studies abroad on legal institutions, rights and justice in relation to national attitudes. Specific course content determined by the faculty member. See course details in MyPlan: LSJ 495 LSJ 363 Law in Society (5) I & SInquiry on the importance of law in social practice. Examines general legal theories, the functioning of legal institutions, and the nature of legally constituted practices and relationships in various spheres of social life. Offered: shared with POL S 363.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 363 LSJ 367 Comparative Law and Courts (5) SSc R. CichowskiAn introduction to comparative legal policy with an emphasis on the relationship between law and politics from a transnational perspective and on the functioning of supranational and international legal subjects in the international system. Cannot be counted if the student has completed LSJ/JSIS B 366. Offered: with POL S 367.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 367 LSJ 380 Contemporary Issues in Comparative Legal Institutions (5, max. 10) SScCovers theoretical, empirical and comparative aspects of topics such as social law concepts, justice, legal policy and legal institutions. See course details in MyPlan: LSJ 380 LSJ 327 Women`s Rights as Human Rights (5) SSc, DIV Rachel A CichowskiWomen`s Rights in Comparative Perspective, focusing on different attitudes that change meaning and practical application. At the national level: areas ranging from abortion policy to trafficking in women.
International level: e.g. demands for equality before European supranational judicial bodies, rape as a war crime under international law. Offered: shared with POL S 327.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 327 LSJ 422 Immigrants, Work and Legality (5) SSc, DIV V. PINEDO-TURNOVSKYProviates sociological study of immigrant workers in the United States. Focuses on how immigration and labour law affect the labour context, identity and rights of workers. Topics include federal and state legislation, employee classification, division of labor, skilled/unskilled persons, flexibility, legal status, organization, and the relationship to race and gender ideology in defining labor contexts and rights. See course details in MyPlan: LSJ 422 LSJ 370 Privacy Policy (5) I&S S. PekkanenExplore how individuals, businesses and governments are responding to privacy challenges in the digital age. Explores the evolution of the idea of privacy through case studies of privacy policies, legal cases and real-life situations.
Covers the legal, political and social aspects of this fundamental human problem. Offered: in conjunction with CAMR B 370/POL S 370; View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 370 LSJ 425 Domesticating International Human Rights: Perspectives on U.S. Asylum and Refugee Law (5) SSc, DIV A. OSANLOOExamines the creation, production, and dissemination of laws and legal categories relating to the status of refugees and asylum seekers in the United States. Integrates anthropological perspectives of the ability of law to create meaning in the study of the deeper implications of asylum and refugees in American society. Offered: shared with ANTH 497.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 425 LSJ 376 Drugs and Society (5) I&SE studies issues of drug use and abuse, the social and political factors influencing response to drug use, and the social conditions under which drug use is likely to have adverse consequences. Also covers U.S. drug control policy, the political economy of legal and illicit drugs, and the political aspects of drug use. Offered: shared with SOC 376.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 376 LSJ 490 Special Topics in Comparative Legal Institutions (1-5, max. 15) SScFocused, comparative study of legal institutions. See course details in MyPlan: LSJ 490 (2014, 02). SSC legal-abbreviations.lawjournal.eu accessed 12.
January 2022 von legal-abbreviations.lawjournal.eu/ssc-solicitor/ LSJ 476 Miscarriages of Justice (5) SSc examines the legal and social factors influencing the outcome of criminal proceedings and analyses how one type of miscarriage of justice – wrongful conviction – occurs. How to explain cases of erroneous conviction? Why are some people, against whom there is little evidence, convicted – and sometimes even executed? Offered: shared with SOC 476.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 476 LSJ 329 Immigration, Citizenship and Rights (5) SSc, DIV V. PINEDO-TURNOVSKYA sociological study of citizenship. Focusing on how immigration law and policy shape different meanings, practices, and statuses of citizenship in different contexts, topics include theories of migration, state control, the stage of legal status, the relationship to race and gender ideology, and work and civil society in shaping adherence and rights. See course details in MyPlan: LSJ 329 LSJ 347 Politics of International Law (5) I&S G. WallaceExamines the development, design and consequences of international law. Focuses on how international legal treaties limit and hold state and non-state actors accountable on a range of issues, including the economy, environment, human rights and war. Offered: with POL S 347.See course details in MyPlan: LSJ 347 LSJ 366 Comparative Law and Legal Cultures (5) SSc G. BarzilaiExamines global issues of comparative law, societies, politics, courts and cultures. Presents theories and methods for comparing legal frameworks internationally and underestimating different reactions to the law. Covers comparative law; legal families; History of comparative law; Judicial review; legal cultures; legal awareness; and regulation. Cannot be counted if the student has already completed LSJ/POL S 367.
Offered: shared with JSIS B 366.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 366 The basic principles for the practice of BDSM require that it be conducted with the informed consent of all parties. Since the 1980s, many practitioners and organizations have adopted the safe, reasonable, and consensual motto, commonly abbreviated SSC, which means that everything is based on safe activities, that all participants are sensible enough to get along, and that all participants agree. [1] It is a mutual agreement that makes a clear legal and ethical distinction between BDSM and crimes such as sexual assault and domestic violence. [2] LSJ 428 Women`s Rights in an Integrated Europe (5) SScExamines changes in women`s rights policies in the European Community from the late 1950s to the present. Focuses on the legal rules and bodies that govern not only these policy areas, but also their development and impact. Offered: with POL S 415.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 428 LSJ 421 Women`s Rights and Politics in Islamic Society (5) SSc, DIV A. OSANLOOHuman legal theory with women`s legal rights and practice in the context of the Islamic State. Introduction to debates on the universality of human rights by examining women`s rights in a Muslim context. Consider journalistic notions of homogeneity among Muslims, the political character of the Islamic State, and its mobilization of human rights. Offered: shared with ANTH 498.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 421 LSJ 467 Law, Justice and Environment (5) SSc S. HERBERTExamines the role of law in environmental policy-making. Challenges students to understand how environmental concerns translate into legal discourse and covers several typical topics that arise in environmental law.
Focuses on active discussions. Offered: shared with GEOG 467.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 467 LSJ 433 Disability, Policy, and Community (5) I&S, DIVAdlearn the history of disability rights, U.S. disability policy, and the role of community activism and other forces in policy-making and system change. Introduces the existing social services system that affects people with disabilities. Offered: shared with CHID 433 / DIS ST 433.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 433 LSJ 321 Human Rights Law in Culture and Practice (5) SSc, DIV Arzoo OsanlooIntroduces the complexity of human rights issues. Examines human rights concerns through critical analysis, taking into account legal, social, economic and historical variables. Offered: shared with ANTH 323.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 321 LSJ 200 Introduction to Law, Societies and Justice (5) SSc Steve Herbert, Katherine BeckettResearch on the central role of law in social processes; examines the main types of legal systems and compares them in different national and international contexts; opposes legal and non-legal forms of a social order; examines the structure and practice of human rights legislation. View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 200 LSJ 478 The Experience of Incarceration (5) SSc S. HerbertThe United States imprisons people more often than any other country, and the daily lives of these people are largely beyond the scope of any form of public awareness. This course is designed to help shed light on these lives.
While prisons vary widely, there is enough commonality among American prisons to allow for meaningful exploration of what it means to be in a modern penitentiary. We will conduct such an exploration in this class. Offered: A. View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 478 LSJ 474 Geography and Law (5) SSc S. HERBERTExamines the relationship between geography, law and the analysis of social law; examines important cases where law and geography overlap, such as the regulation of public space, the regulation of borders and mobility, and disputes over land ownership and use. Offered: shared with GEOG 474.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 474 LSJ 375 Crime, Politics and Justice (5) SScExamines the role of police, courts and prisons in criminal justice; examines the critical legal and sociological factors and perspectives that shape criminal proceedings; deals with the relationship between criminal procedure and broader concerns for justice and equality in society. Offered: shared with SOC 372.View course details in MyPlan: LSJ 375 LSJ 320 International Human Rights Law and Politics (5) I&S, DIVS studies the international human rights movement in its legal and political context.