LLS 363 Il-Legal Subjects: U.S. Latinx Literature and the Law
3 hours
This course examines how the law shapes contemporary Latinx life in the United States. Students will examine the relationships between legal texts and literature. Latinx literature not only responds to the law, but also to its inequitable enforcement. We will read court cases, law reviews, and literary analysis in order to study the way Latinx literature exposes contradictions in the legal system. Topics covered may include the legal construction of race, the criminalization of youth, law and U.S. colonialism, violence against women, and challenges to individual civil liberties.
Prerequisite
ENG 201 and junior standing or above
Notes
This course satisfies the John Jay College Option: Struggle for Justice and Equality in the U.S. (300-level) area of the Gen Ed Program.