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229 sec. 1 - Courts & Social Policy (Fall 2009)
Instructor: Malcolm M. Feeley (view instructor's teaching evaluations | profile)
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Units: 3
Meeting Time: Tu 2:20-5:10
Meeting Location: 2240 Piedmont
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49556
Main Section Enrollment:
Enrolled: 14
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 25
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This seminar explores the politics or rights. The first few sessions examine classical views on the forms and limits of adjudication (Fuller, Chayes, Fiss), the political setting of course, drawing on comparative and historical materials that locate courts in larger social context. Following this we then turn to examine several specific sets of issues with which courts have been heavily involved: prison conditions, school segregation, employment discrimination, comparable pay, and school finance. Readings and materials are drawn from diverse sources, but consist primarily of empirical studies by social scientists that assess the impact of court decisions and judicial intervention, commentary by lawyers representing plaintiffs in these cases, and various types of critical legal theorists who reflect on the nature and the limits of the law as a vehicle for social change. Questions that will be addressed in the seminar include: Can and should courts be policy makers? Are they effective policy makers? Can courts effect significant social change? Can courts be catalysts for social movement?
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Course Category: Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP)
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