Gender, Law, and Public Policy

Catalog description

This course will survey leading issues at the intersection of gender, law, and public policy. Topics may include marriage, education, employment discrimination, contraception, abortion, sexual harassment, rape, domestic violence, pornography, and intersections with race, ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation. Leading cases will be placed in conversation with historical and theoretical texts drawn from feminist legal thought and other critical traditions. Course requirements will include attendance, class participation, short reading responses, and a longer final paper. There will be no final examination.