(3 units). Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives on law, including the perspectives of sociology, history, and political thought, the course will consider the relationship between law, the state, structured inequality, and social change, as well as the nature of problems facing poor people, the legal dimensions of those problems, the impact of gender and race, the goals and priorities of poor people and poor people's organizations, the provision of legal services to the poor, and possible strategies for engaging with law. Course Component: Lecture
(3 units). Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives on law, including the perspectives of sociology, history, and political thought, the course will consider the relationship between law, the state, structured inequality, and social change, as well as the nature of problems facing poor people, the legal dimensions of those problems, the impact of gender and race, the goals and priorities of poor people and poor people's organizations, the provision of legal services to the poor, and possible strategies for engaging with law. Course Component: Lecture
