| Program Name: |
Legal Studies |
| Director: |
Peter Suber and Bob Johnstone, co-convenors |
| Program Address: |
Legal Studies Program
Earlham College
National Road West
Richmond, IN 47374
Peter Suber: peters@earlham.edu, 765/983-1214
Bob Johnstone: bobj@earlham.edu, 765/983-1264
Web Site: www.earlham.edu/~lgst/
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| Program Type: |
Minor |
| Program Status: |
Students may choose to do either a six course Legal Studies
minor, or a four course concentration. |
| Statement of Intellectual Structure: |
| "Law affects all of us profoundly, yet most of us understand very
little about our legal system. The Legal Studies Program at Earlham is intended to remedy
that deficiency. It is our aim to study law as a liberal art. The program examines the law
as a special case of political, social, economic, cultural, and moral education. To study
law is to study rights and duties, the processes of making change, and the many ways by
which all of us are affected by ‘the rules of the game.’" |
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| Program Curricular Organization: |
Students choose four courses from five core legal studies
courses, and two additional courses from a list of related history, political science,
philosophy and economics courses. |
| Required Courses: |
Students choose four of the following:
Crimes and Torts (Introduction to Legal Studies)
American Constitutional Law I: Institutions and Democracies
American Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Philosophy of Law
International Law
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| Sample of Elective Courses: |
The Young Republic
Women and Men in American Society
Psychology and Law
Topics in Ethics
Politics of Global Problems
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| Experiential Component: |
None |
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