PSC 309 - The Supreme Court & Social Change

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite(s): PSC 101 Introduction to American Government & Democratic Politics .
This course explores the Supreme Court and its role in the U.S political system. It covers different theories of legal mobilization to understand how the Court affects social change and U.S. politics, whether through direct or indirect influence or a combination of both. It examines how the Court is not insulated from political, cultural, and economic forces and how these larger structural forces influence the Court’s decision-making at key historical moments in the context of major constitutional controversies (e.g., slavery, Reconstruction, civil rights, etc.).