Listed in: Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, as LJST-162
Mona Oraby (Section 01)
Law takes many forms. Traversing social norms, statutory controls, constitutional provisions, international covenants, and enforcement mechanisms, law suffuses countless arenas simultaneously. Where there is law, order and disorder also thrive in unpleasant company. But what order does law ensure? And what kinds of disorder does law generate? Employing a global approach to the study of law in society, this course examines five domains of human experience (caste, revolution, desire, war, and indigeneity) that law organizes as well as five figures (the convert, the revolutionary, the queer, the terrorist, and the native) that challenge its regulatory logic. The course addresses the ways social actors harness law’s organizational power. We will examine the social life of law in postcolonial, neocolonial, and imperial contexts.
Limited to 40 students. Fall semester. Assistant Professor Oraby.
Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM CHAP 201
Th 01:00 PM - 02:20 PM CHAP 201
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Writer's Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose | University of Chicago Press | Sword, Helen | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The God of Small Things | Random House | Roy, Arundhati | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Annihilation of Caste (Edited by S. Anand) | Verso | Ambedkar, B. R. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution | Vintage | James, C. L. R | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Mariner | Hamid, Mohsin | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Round House | Harper | Erdrich, Louise | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.