Philosophical, Literary & Legal Studies
Close study of texts in political philosophy and contemporary theory, literature and other cultural productions, and legal cases and interpretations.
Philosophical, Literary, and Legal Studies courses
This list is subject to change as courses are added to and dropped from the curriculum.
114: Constitutional Interpretation (Kawar/Kessler)
117: Contemporary Political Freedom (Brendese)
118: Law and Politics (Kessler)
155: Women, Power, and Political Systems (Hill)
191: Western Political Theory (Corlett)
216: Constitutional Law: Balance of Powers (Engel)
221: International Law (Gayazova)
226: Constitutional Rights and Criminal Justice (Kessler)
227: Judicial Power and Economic Policy (Kawar/Kessler)
228: Constitutional Freedoms (Kessler)
229: Race and Civil Rights in Constitutional Interpretation (Kessler)
235: Black Women in the Americas (Hill)
240: Political Psychology (Marietta)
243: Politics and Literature (MacLeod)
244: Political Imagination (MacLeod)
246: American Political Thought (Ryan)
252: Religion and Politics in the Middle East (Hooglund)
270: Human Rights in Comparative and International Perspective (Kawar)
282: Rights and Identities (Engel)
295: Reading Marx, Rethinking Marxisms (Corlett)
296: Contract and Community (Corlett)
297: The Household and Political Theory (Corlett)
298: Sexuality and the Politics of Difference (Corlett)
305: Approaches to International Security (Gayazova)
325: Constitutional Rights and Social Change (Kessler)
328: Representation in Theory and Practice (Baughman)
329: Law, Gender and Sexuality (Kessler)
330: Courts as Institutions (Marietta)
346: Power and Protest (MacLeod)
348: Islam and Democracy (Hooglund)
394: Contemporary Liberalism and Democractic Action (Corlett)
396: Poverty and Democracy (Corlett)
s16: Arab and Iranian Films as Indicators of Social Change (Hooglund)
s18: Immigration Rights Theory and Practice (Kawar)
s22: Religion and the American Constitution (Ryan)
s22: Politics of Memory in Central and Eastern Europe (Richter)
s28: International Law (Gayazova)
s28: Comparative Political Theory (Brandese)
s29: Politics and the Essay (MacLeod)