English 178A
Literature and Law
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fall 2021 | Wagner, Bryan
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MWF 1-2 | 222 Wheeler |
Book List
Chesnutt, Charles W.: The Marrow of Tradition; Douglass, Frederick: Narrative of the Life; Ellison, Ralph: Invisible Man; Morrison, Toni: Beloved
Other Readings and Media
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393 (1857)
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896)
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
Bakke v. Regents of the University of California, 483 U.S. 265 (1978)
Description
This course is an introduction to the field of law and literature. It begins with a survey of foundational work by H. L. A. Hart, Robert Cover, Cheryl Harris, Martha Nussbaum, and others before turning to a series of United States Supreme Court cases read in tandem with contemporaneous literary works addressing matters of slavery, citizenship, and equity. The course concludes with a three-week collaborative research and writing workshop that will allow students the opportunity to pursue questions of their own design in a 15-page essay.
This course satisfies the Philosophy & Values Breadth requirement.
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