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Legal Studies is an interdisciplinary minor program of study focusing on the nature of law and judicial process. Consistent with the purposes of the American Legal Studies Association, the Legal Studies Program at PLU provides alternative approaches to the study of law from the academic framework of the Divisions of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Schools of Communication and Art and of Business. The faculty teaching within the program emphasize the development of a critical understanding of the functions of law, the mutual impacts of law and society, and the sources of law. Students completing a minor in Legal Studies pursue these objectives through courses, directed research, and internships in offices and agencies involved in making, enforcing, interpreting, and communicating the law in contemporary American civil society.
Faculty: Jobst, Chair; Dwyer-Shick, Jobst, Kaurin, Klein, Lisosky, MacDonald, Menzel, Rowe.
- Including:
- PHIL 328, POLS 170
- 12 additional semester hours, selected in consultation with the program's chair.
- ANTH 375: Law, Politics, and Revolution C, S
- BUSA 303: Business Law and Ethics
- BUSA 400: Business Law and Ethics (check with School of Business)
- BUSA 405: Business Law and Ethics for Financial Professionals (check with School of Business)
- BUSA 406: Law of the Workplace (Check with School of Business)
- BUSA 407: Law of the Marketplace (check with School of Business)
- BUSA 408: International Business Law and Ethics
- COMA 421:Communication Law
- ECON 325:Industrial Organization and Public Policy S2
- PHIL 328: Philosophical Issues in the Law - PH
- POLS 170: Introduction to Legal Studies S1
- POLS 371: Judicial Process S1POLS 372: Constitutional Law S1
- POLS 373: Civil Liberties S1POLS 374: Legal Studies Research S1
- POLS 381:Comparative Legal Systems C, S1
- POLS 471:Internship in Legal Studies S1
- SOCI 351: Sociology of Law S2
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