POLI 306 - American Law through Literature and Film (3 credits)

(Prereq: POLI 201 or permission of the instructor) A survey of American law and the American legal system through the use of fiction (movies, novels, and plays). Emphasis will be placed on works highlighting different aspects of, and actors in, the judicial process, as well as works highlighting courts as forums for the dispensation of justice in the United States. F, S, May, Su.