Law and Literature
Overview
Description
This course explores law in literature and law as literature. Themes of justice and bias and the limits of the law will be investigated in a range of literary texts, from Shakespeare to Melville, Wollstonecraft to Morrison, Coetzee, and Danticat. In addition, writings by Supreme Court Justices, trial transcripts, newspaper reports, prison letters, and documentaries will be read using the methods of literary interpretation and analysis.
Career
Undergraduate
Credits
Value
3
Max
3
Min
3
Course Count
1
Number Of Credits
3
Number Of Repeats
1
Repeatable
No
Contact Use
Yes
Generate Attendance
No
Left Use
Yes
Present Use
Yes
Reason Use
Yes
Tardy Use
Yes
Template Override
No
Time Use
Yes
Attendance Type
Class Meeting
Auto Create
No
Code
LEC
Instructor Contact Hours
3
Default Section Size
30
Final Exam Type
Yes
Include in Dynamic Date Calc
No
Instruction Mode
In Person
LMS File Type
Blackboard CourseInfo 4
Name
Lecture
OEE Workload Hours
0
Optional Component
No
Preferred Room Features
Academic Scheduling
Workload Hours
3