| Credit Hours: | 3 |
| Description: | This course focuses on the forces that shape the law and social policies in the United States today with respect to race and ethnicity. Pulling from interdisciplinary material, the course reviews the social impact of historical legal precedents as well as contemporary court cases. From Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2021) and with an eye toward recent SCOTUS decisions, students are challenged to consider the unintended consequences of social policies and legal decisions impacting minorities in the US, including decisions related to educational opportunities, affirmative action, immigration law, voting rights, access to healthcare, gun control laws, and abortion laws. This course also reviews policing policy and the explicit and implicit bias found in criminal justice policies. Knowledge of substantive law is emphasized, while offering students the opportunity to analyze legal issues and social problems from a sociological perspective. |
| Prerequisite: | None |
Salmon P. Chase College of Law
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Highland Heights, KY 41099
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