| Program Name: |
Law and Society |
| Director: |
Christine Harrington (Director)
Eric Feldman (Associate Director) |
| Program Address: |
New York University
Institute for Law and Society
Fuchsberg Hall
249 Sullivan Street
New York, NY 10012
212/998-6694
Email: law.society.minor@nyu.edu |
| Program Type: |
Undergraduate Minor |
| Program Status: |
The NYU Law and Society Undergraduate Minor, created in 1996,
is part of the Institute for Law and Society, a Ph.D. program supported by the Faculty of
Arts and Science and School of Law at NYU. |
| Statement of Intellectual Structure: |
| “New York University’s Law and Society Undergraduate Minor
locates the study of law and legal Institutions within the context of rapidly changing
cultural, economic, and political forces worldwide. The need for expertise and experience
in addressing questions about the relationship between law and social change is rapidly
increasing, and is not adequately filled by those trained exclusively in law, political
science, economics, sociology, or other traditional disciplines. By providing a
transdisciplinary, sociolegal Minor for undergraduates, we do not seek to prepare students
for law school, but rather to teach them to think critically and creatively about law,
justice and social policy.” |
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| Program Curricular Organization: |
The Law and Society Undergraduate Minor consists of five
courses, as follows: either Law and Society (Politics) or Law in Society (Sociology), and
four courses selected from a list compiled annually for minors (see below list for
examples). To ensure the Minor’s interdisciplinary character, no more than two of
these four may be from any one department. Some students may, with permission, substitute
for one of the courses an internship in an existing department or program, an independent
study with a faculty member, or a relevant graduate course. A faculty executive committee
oversees the Minor. |
| Required Courses: |
Law and Society (Politics),
or Law in Society (Sociology)
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| Sample of Elective Courses: |
Institute for Law and Society
Urban Settlements: Law, Housing, and Conflict in New York CityPolitics
Gender in Law
Civil Liberties
Sociology
Deviance and Social Control
Criminology
Philosophy
Philosophy of Law
History
Foundations of the Common Law
The American Legal Profession in the 20th Century
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| Experiential Component: |
Exceptional students who are enrolled in the course Urban
Settlements will be assisted in arranging internships and other innovative educational
opportunities related to housing and homelessness. |
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Please e-mail us
with any changes or corrections. |
