| source UC Santa Barbara (X) |
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department Law and Society (X) |
An introduction to the interdisciplinary field of socio-legal studies.
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Examines research methods and analytical approaches commonly used in the study of law and society, emphasizing the relationship between socio-legal theory, interpretive frameworks, and evidence-gathering strategies.
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Provides experience using the methods and techniques of trial advocacy to consider the social, institutional and procedural influences shaping litigation practices in the United States. Focuses on criminal and civil cases in alternate years.
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Provides experience using the methods and techniques of trial advocacy to consider the social, institutional and procedural influences shaping litigation practices in the United States. Focuses on criminal and civil cases in alternate years.
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Intensive research, fieldwork, training, policy-making and public-service course which focuses on local police-community relations.
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For members of the editorial board of the Law and Society Journal at UCSB. Participants develop submission criteria and select articles for publication, edit, proof-read, do layout and publicity.
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For members of the editorial board of the Law and Society Journal at UCSB. Participants develop submission criteria and select articles for publication, edit, proof-read, do layout and publicity.
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For members of the editorial board of the Law and Society Journal at UCSB. Participants develop submission criteria and select articles for publication, edit, proof-read, do layout and publicity.
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Explores various perspectives on the interaction between culture and law, legal systems and legal consciousness.
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Considers sociological concepts (e.g. identity, rights, consciousness, idealogy) central to inquiry in the field of law and society.
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Examines competing conceptions of the rule of law from the perspectives of constitutional history, legal reasoning and political theory.
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Focuses on short stories, novels, dramatic films, and documentaries to analyze the representation of law, lawyers, and the legal system as an aspect of the social construction of justice in modern societies.
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Emphasizes theoretical developments in legal anthropology from classical to contemporary period, and their relationship to ethnographic analyses. Topics include non-western legal systems, (post) colonialism, nationalism, and legal constructions of race, class, and gender.
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Explores the relationship between a global political economy, and international and transnational legal regimes.
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Examines indigenous legal movements in Australia, Canada, Mexico, and the United States, highlighting the centrality of colonial and postcolonial rhetoric in modern western law. Topics include land and water rights, traditional practices, reservation gambling, tribal police, and voting recognition.
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Explores historical and contemporary perspectives on constructions of racial difference in philosophy, theory and law. Emphasizes the political uses made of racial categories accompanying the emergence of modern capitalism.
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Examines the changing nature of law, culture and politics in contemporary Europe. Topics include nationalism, regionalism, ethnic conflict, immigration, historical memory in the construction of national identities, and the cultural politics of European integration.
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Law and politics work differently in different social and cultural contexts - urban centers vs. rural communities, for example. This course focuses on social, legal, and political patterns in rural North America, especially the South, emphasizing processes associated with modernity.
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Analyzes the evolving geopolitics of social control in urban spaces, as reconstituted by international law, extralegal and criminal practices, cross-border solidarities, and community justice struggles.
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Examines principles underlying judicial decision-making. Approaches to be considered include natural law, legal realism, legal positivism, law-and-economics, critical legal studies, critical race theory, and feminist legal theory.
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Considers the construction and regulation of gender, sex, and sexuality by law in the United States, with an emphasis on feminist legal theory and analysis of landmark legal cases.
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Focuses on legal developments and debates about rights and relations associated with the family, including marriage, divorce, custody, parenting, reproduction, and inheritance.
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Explores the various social and political roles lawyers play in society, including acting as agents of the state, defenders of the status quo, and proponents of change.
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Introduces the principles and methods of conflict resolution alternatives, including negotiation, mediation, conciliation, arbitration and formal adjudication.
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Focuses on the legal dimensions of contemporary conflicts using a case study approach. Topics include the role played by law in creating and resolving conflicts, and the challenges of enforcing resolutions.
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