WGS 385 - Women, Gender, and the Law.

Any WGS or WGS-crosslisted course; or consent of instructor. (3).

Examination and analysis of the role of law in the social, economic, political and private lives of women in the U.S. Historical overview as well as intensive study of legal problems of current concern to women. Areas of focus: women and work, women and the family, women and their bodies, women and the criminal justice system, role of women in the legal system (including theory as well as case law).