ANTH 619 - Anthropology of Law and Human Rights

(3 units)

Analysis of social order and control, dispute resolution, conflict, rules and norms, and processes of maintaining order from an anthropological perspective.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. articulate and evaluate different theoretical approaches to the study of law in anthropology, and explain their foundations in social theory.
2. define and criticize key terms in the anthropology of law, such as pluralism, custom, norms, rules, process, and disputes.
3. evaluate and apply different methodological approaches to studying law in anthropology, and demonstrate how anthropological methods enhance the study of law in global contexts.
4. demonstrate how law and legally-relevant ideas change in light of historical and contemporary local and global processes.
5. apply, orally, in writing, and in practice, the theoretical, empirical, and/or methodical issues covered by the course to research questions in the Anthropology of Law.

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