Race and the Law   [Archived Catalog]
School of Law 2013-2014 Academic Catalog
   

LAW 767 - Race and the Law

Credits, 3 sem. hrs.
This seminar includes both a historic study of race and the law and a consideration of contemporary topics in the area. The study and discussion of these topics are facilitated by using both traditional legal resources and non-traditional resources, such as slave narratives, excerpts from writings during the Reconstruction era, and readings from the civil rights era. Students prepare a paper in this course and present their work to the class. The paper in this course satisfies the writing requirement.