Women, Gender, and the Law

SLN #: 89088
Course Prefix: LAW-791
Course Section: 030
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Beety
Course Books: View List of Books

Course Description:
Women, Gender, and the Law is a guide to varied theoretical systems in order to analyze and understand the relationship between law and gender. Each system has its own assumptions about gender and about social change, as well as its own goals and strategies. Learning the different systems helps us think more thoroughly and systematically about gender issues and how the law has contended with sexual difference, gender-based stereotypes, and the meaning of equality. The course uses case law and readings in a wide variety of subject matter areas in order to develop the theoretical frameworks, including constitutional law, employment discrimination law, family law, criminal law, education law, reproductive rights, poverty law, and immigration. We will test the applicability of these frameworks in real-life situations, ranging from the military to the Affordable Care Act, rent control, sexual assault, single-sex schools, parenting, and law firm practice. Finally, the course complicates the study of gender by incorporating critical approaches such as queer theory, intersectionality analysis, and masculinities theory.

Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: Take-Home
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person

* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.