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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an analysis of gender in politics from historical as well as theoretical perspectives. Topics examined include gender power, leadership, and governance; social, economic, and political factors explaining women's political status and participation in relation to men's; and the women's movement as a political movement.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins with an examination of the early development of American constitutional law including the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, and the Federalist Papers. We also explore the development of Supreme Court doctrine regarding judicial review, conflicts among the three departments of government in domestic and foreign affairs, and the ongoing struggle to define the responsibilities of state and federal governments.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a continuation of the of the study of constitutinal politics, with a focus on civil rights and individual liberties. Topics include free speech, racial and sexual discrimination, church and state, privacy, voting rights, and the rights of the accused. Political Science 321 is not a prerequisite for this class.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores judicial policies and decision making, with particular emphasis on judges, lawyers, and juries. Topics include judicial selection and appointment, the limits of judicial power, the roles that lawyers play in our legal and political systems, and the development of trial by jury.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a cross-national, historical, and comparative analysis of constitutional, administrative and criminal law. Subject countries vary, but will include representative judicial systems within the Civil Law, Common Law, and Socialist Law traditions.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the theory and practice of international law, including efforts to creative effective legal means to define, proscribe, and punish war crimes, crimes against humanity, and terrorism. We discuss the negotiation, ratification, and enforcement of treaties and study multinational legal institutions such as the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the International Criminal Tribunals for the foirmer Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the study of regimes of the sea including fisheries, pollution control, and coastal management zones. The politics of ocean regulation are examined with particular attention to law of the sea negotiations. (Cross-listed as Marine Science 329.)
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3.00 Credits
In this course political socialization, orientation and participation are discussed. Both quantitative and traditional research methods will be utilized to explain the political behavior of the American electorate.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the political functions of state and local governments, with special attention to California.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to the major debates that have structured the field of urban politics; interaction among governmental institutions, political actors, private interests, and the marketplace. Other issues such as urban regimes, urban political history, suburbanization, urban growth and renewal, race, class, and gender are examined throughout the course.
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