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Course Info for FYSM - 104 - 01, Fall 2023
Class number: 3256 Title: Law and Popular Culture Department: First Year Sem & Colloq
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: Yes Grading Basis: Graded Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 15 Current enrollment: 15 Available seats: 0
Start date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023 End date: Thursday, December 21, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM, 70VS - SEM Instructor(s): Dudas, Mary
Prerequisite(s): Only first-year students are eligible to enroll in this class.
Distribution Requirement: Meets FirstYr Seminar Requirement
Course Description:
It is perhaps banal to observe that popular culture distorts and misrepresents law and legal practice. However, how, why, and to what end popular culture distorts law remain provocative questions. Furthermore, in a democracy, where citizens make demands on law, popular culture can not only shape perceptions but can influence expectations and demands made on law by citizens. Movies will serve as our primary popular culture texts as we investigate how popular culture presents law, lawyers, legal practice, courts, violence, and justice.