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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSC 105LEC - Introduction to Legal Systems


This course will introduce students to legal systems in the United States and around the world. We will see that legal systems in the United States are different from our peer democracies in Europe. Comparatively, we will examine civil law, common law, Islamic law, and hierarchical law. The course will also comparatively examine judges, constitutional review, international and transnational courts, and the impact of these courts. 

There are no pre-requisites for this course. It does not require any prior knowledge of the law or legal systems
 

Credits: 3

Grading
Graded (GRD)

Typically Offered:
Fall, Spring