Political Science

This seminar is designed as a survey of important topics within the broad area of "Law and Society". Areas to be examined in the seminar include courts and public policy making; civil liberties and political tolerance; criminal justice; the legal pofession; juries; legitimacy adn compliance with law; law and social change; procedural justice; and comparative law. The seminar will focus on understanding, synthesizing and evaluation the broad range of empirical research conducted under the rubric "law and society".
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