Equal Protection and the Law (Roosevelt)
Faculty
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| Kermit Roosevelt Professor of Law krooseve@law.upenn.edu |
Additional Information
Skills Training
Oral Presentations
Team Projects
Grading
40% Participation,
60% Paper
With Permission of Instructor
Class meets in person.
Course Continuity
Students are encouraged to stay home if you are ill or experience flu-like symptoms. If you miss a class for any reason, it is still your responsibility to make up the work missed.
I offer the following to students who miss class due to illness:
- Please make an appointment to meet with me and I will review/answer questions about what you missed.
Meeting Times/Location
R 1:00PM - 2:59PM
Silverman Hall 270
Category
Seminar
Credits
3.0
One vision of law understands it as disconnected from society, existing on a different plane from social movements and changing mores. But this vision is false generally, and nowhere is it more false than in the Supreme Court's equal protection jurisprudence. There, the traces of identity-based social movements are clear. This seminar will conduct a study of the linkages between law and society by examining connections between the Court's sex equality jurisprudence and Disney Princess movies, mediated by feminist theory and history. Material for a typical week will consist of one or more equal protection decisions, one or more movies, and selected readings in feminist theory. Students will be expected to come to class prepared to discuss weekly assigned questions and to raise their own; some students will be selected to lead discussion each week. Grading is based on class participation and a capstone project, which may be a conventional paper or may be creative, with instructor approval.
Constitutional Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of constitutional law; Perform legal analysis in the context of constitutional law; Communicate effectively on topics related to constitutional law; Demonstrate an understanding of constitutional law affects other areas of law.
Perspectives on the Law Learning outcomes: Demonstrate an understanding of how the law affects, and is affected by, the individual course topic; Perform legal analysis in the context of the individual course topic; Communicate effectively on the legal and other aspects of the individual course topic; Demonstrate the ability to use other disciplines to analyze legal issues relevant to the individual course topic, including economics, philosophy, and sociology, as appropriate.
Equity and Inclusion Learning outcomes: Demonstrate a core understanding of the varied legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Perform legal analysis in the context of topics related to equity and inclusion; Communicate effectively on the legal aspects of equity and inclusion; Demonstrate an understanding of how equity and inclusion are connected to and affected by a wide variety of legal and regulatory structures and doctrines.