DGS162 — Constitutional Law and Issues
DGS 162 - Constitutional Law and Issues DGS 162 - Constitutional Law and Issues 5 Credits From a global perspective, this course will look at contemporary and historical Constitutional issues with respect to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation and human rights. The topics will focus on the impact of substantive and procedural laws with respect to 1) Local, regional, global and socioeconomic integration and interdependence as dictated by Constitutional interpretation, 2) Societal/cultural group contributions to legal theory or systems, 3) Institutional oppression and dominant group privilege as dictated by Constitutional interpretation, 4) Prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination and its impact on Constitutional interpretation, 5) The social construction of law, 6) Skills for confronting biased treatment and advocating for justice, 7) Dynamics of intercultural or intersocietal conflict and conflict resolution. Fees Quarters Typically Designed to Serve Students interested in Constitutional theory and law, meets social science distribution area 1 and DGS requirement Active Date 2014-05-27 Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 38 Shared Learning Environment Yes Lecture 55 Lab 0 Field Studies 0 Clinical 0 Independent Studies 0 Total Degree Distributions: AA Diversity & Globalism Social Science Area I Course Outline Course outline will follow the chronological evolution of the Constitution and will always consider legal issues of globalism and/or diversity with a focus o