| Program Name: |
Legal Studies |
| Director: |
Adrienne Fulco |
| Program Address: |
Trinity College
Dept. of Political Science
Hartford, CT 06106
860/297-2435
E-mail: adrienne.fulco@trincoll.edu
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| Program Type: |
Minor |
| Program Status: |
Students apply after completion of Introduction to Law.
Twenty students are admitted from each year. |
| Statement of Intellectual Structure: |
| "The Legal Studies Minor will acquaint students with some of the
components and functions of a legal system from the vantage point of several different
disciplines. Students will learn why law is so hard to define as well as how law affects
the distribution of authority, the enforcement of obligations, and the structure of
economic and social institutions. Students will also learn about the reciprocal
interchange between law and broader ideas such as justice, responsibility and
morality." |
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| Program Curricular Organization: |
Two required courses, three courses from a list of
law-related social sciences/humanities courses (one from each of three disciplines), and
one Special Topics course. |
| Required Courses: |
Introduction to Law
Leading Legal Issues
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| Sample of Elective Courses: |
Law and Economics
American Legal History
Law, Gender and the Supreme Court
Sociology of LawSpecial Topics
Labor Relations
Human Rights and International Law
Law and Environmental Policy
Feminist Legal Theory
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| Experiential Component: |
None |
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