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LAW 8714C
Gender and Justice: Selected Topics
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Students examine and discuss, from a comparative perspective, legal issues that have a substantial impact on the construction of gender, paying particular attention to the laws of Ireland and the United States. Topics will include selected portions of some of the following issues: sex discrimination from an historical perspective in each country the constitutional standards for evaluation of sex discrimination; sexual harassment; domestic violence; reproductive rights; familial rights (same-sex marriage, divorce, and custody); feminist theory (equal treatment theory, cultural feminism, radical feminism, lesbian theory, racial essentialism, and theories of global gender equality); and depictions of gender in popular culture. The course seeks to present each topic in its social context by supplementing legal readings with materials drawn from the social sciences and literature.
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Faculty:
School of Law
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Department:
Law General
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