POLS 462: Women and the Law

Course Description

Credits 3.
3 Lecture Hours.The legal status of American women from the adoption of the Constitution to the present: constitutional developments; the 19th Amendment and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment; employment; family law; reproductive rights; education; sexual equality in context of other claims to equality; law and social norms.Prerequisite:POLS 206or approval of department head.Cross Listing:WGST 462/POLS 462.