LEI 273 - Constitutional and Legal Rights of Women

3 Credit(s)

Elective course for the bachelor’s and associate’s degrees.
This course provides an overview of women’s rights by exploring the landmark Supreme Court cases and changes in laws that have defined the legal rights of women in the United States. Students study women’s efforts for constitutional equality; women’s employment rights; reproductive freedom; same sex marriage issues; and women and crime. The class is taught from a constitutional law perspective, broadening the student’s understanding of the foundations of women’s constitutional rights. This is a nonlegal specialty course.
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Law.