This course is a research paper course and offers an in-depth exploration of popular cultural texts such as television programs and films that are concerned with law and justice themes. We will examine these texts with a view to discovering how popular culture constitutes law and how law helps create popular cultural understandings of justice. We will use a number of theoretical approaches including: critical legal studies, critical race theory, feminist legal theory, Indigenous legal theory, conflict resolution theory, and cultural studies theory. These theories will inform our readings of each of the popular culture texts and will assist us in our critique of the jurisprudence offered in films and TV shows [3 credits]
This course is a research paper course and offers an in-depth exploration of popular cultural texts such as television programs and films that are concerned with law and justice themes. We will examine these texts with a view to discovering how popular culture constitutes law and how law helps create popular cultural understandings of justice. We will use a number of theoretical approaches including: critical legal studies, critical race theory, feminist legal theory, Indigenous legal theory, conflict resolution theory, and cultural studies theory. These theories will inform our readings of each of the popular culture texts and will assist us in our critique of the jurisprudence offered in films and TV shows [3 credits]
