| Program Name: |
Law, Letters and Society |
| Director: |
Dennis J. Hutchinson |
| Program Address: |
The University of Chicago
Law, Letters and Society Program
5801 S. Ellis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
312/702-7134 |
| Program Type: |
Major |
| Program Status: |
Established in the early 1990s |
| Statement of Intellectual Structure: |
| "The program is concerned with law in civilian and customary legal
systems, both historically and contemporaneously. The program is designed to develop
analytical skills in students that will enable informed and critical examination of law
broadly construed. The organizing premise of the program is that law is a tool of social
organization and control, not simply an expression of will or aspiration, and that it is
best understood by careful study of both rhetorical artifacts and empirical consequences
of its application." |
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| Program Curricular Organization: |
The program consists of eleven courses, including a required
introductory course, two courses each in Letters and Society, and six
additional courses that support the topics, areas, skills or concerns of the program. |
| Required Courses: |
Legal Reasoning
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| Sample of Elective Courses: |
Letters
Constitution of Community
American Law and the Rhetoric of Race
The First Amendment
Holmes: Jurist and Icon
Legal Historiography
Society
U.S. Legal History
English History
Medicine and Law
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| Experiential Component: |
None |
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