POL 3290 Women and the Law in US

This course will examine the legal and social status of women historically and in modern American society and the law and policy relating to that status. The course will also address legal tools developed to address sexual inequality, and the possibility that law both challenges and supports women’s subordination. The course and materials are organized around concrete legal problems of particular and current concern to women. Issues are approached intersectionally, addressing sex, race, sexual orientation and other differences simultaneously. The issue areas will include, but not be limited to: employment, education, family, reproduction, health, sexuality, violence, Equal Rights Amendment, criminal law, and equality theory; and the laws, cases, current statutes and legislative proposals that apply to and affect women. Prerequisite(s): POL 1100 OR POL 1200
Credits: 3.0