A range of public policy examples will be employed from social welfare to foreign and defense issues. An introduction to the study of criminal law. The principles of criminal law are presented using the case method. The structure and operation of the criminal justice system are also reviewed. An introduction to the study of law and its role in social and political systems.
Attention is given to theories of law, and the structure of the legal system.
Students are given the opportunity to engage in hypothetical dispute resolutions using common law methods. Attention is given to the European Community and its role in the transformation of Europe as well as to the development of the former communist states in eastern Europe. The political process in the non-industrialized areas of the world, including Asia, Africa and Latin America. Examines the problems of economic and political change and the relations of these areas to the Western world and communist nations. Offered every fall.