CSS425 - Gender, Sexuality, and Law, Part I

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Gender, Sexuality, and Law, Part I
CSS425 SP

This course will examine how law helps to construct gender identity and sexuality in the United States. Among our topics will be the law's relationship to stigmatized sexualities, the social meanings of gender identities, and discrimination based on gender or sexual identity. Our materials will consist almost exclusively of judicial decisions, as well as excerpts from secondary readings that seek to place their various topics in a legal/doctrinal/jurisprudential context. Consequently, students shou ld understand that this is first and foremost a course about law and society.

MAJOR READINGS

William N. Eskridge, Jr. and Nan D. Hunter, SEXUALITY, GENDER, AND THE LAW

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Several short papers and one long research paper.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Open only to CSS majors. This is a third quarter class. You have until March 10 to drop this class.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS GOVT Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: CSS414

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Finn,John E.

Times: ...W... 01:10PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC413

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Ethical Reasoning, Writing

Permission: Permission of Instructor Required

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000