WS 329 - Women and the Law in the U

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William Paterson University of New Jersey

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Description:

This course examines the legal and social status of women historically and in modern American society as well as the law and policy relating to that status. The course discusses legal tools developed to address sexual inequality, and the possibility that law both challenges and supports women's subordination. The course and the materials are organized around concrete legal problems of particular and current concern to women. Issues are approached intersectionally, addressing sex, race, sexual orientation, and other differences simultaneously. The issue areas include, but are not be limited to, employment, education, family, reproduction, health, sexuality, violence, Equal Rights Amendment, criminal law, and equality theory, as well as the laws, cases, current statutes and legislative proposals that apply to and affect women. (Also listed as POL 329) Prerequisite: WS 110 or WS 150 or AACS 150 or AACS 155 Humanities and Social Science246 s

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wpunj.edu

Phone Number:

(973) 720-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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