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SOCIOLOGY OF LAW

Course Code:
CRJS 337
Active Term:
Spring Term
/ All Years
Course Description:

This course provides students with an understanding of the purposes and process of criminal and civil law in the United States. Among the topics covered are: the origins, development, and function of the law; the structure and function of courts, legislatures, and administrative agencies; the commercialization of the legal profession; the politicalization of punishment; race, class, gender and the law; law and social control; and the role of law in social change. 

Credit:
3
Instruction methods:
Lecture
Total hours: 45
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