Mar 28, 2024  
2018-2019 University Catalog 
    
2018-2019 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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LS 207 - Law and Family


Cross-Listed with: CJS 207 ; A student may not receive credit for both this course and LS 207
Prerequisites: None
The course examines the nature of the relationship between the law and families in the United States. The course focuses on an analysis of how the law structures marital and family relationships and how, in turn, society’s definitions and conceptions of marriage and family impacts both criminal and civil law. The course examines the proper boundaries of state intervention in people’s most private relationships and highlights how family law and changes in family law both shape and reflect some of society’s most strongly held social values. Topics include marital privacy, child-parent relationships, divorce, child support and custody, domestic violence, and intra-family crime.

3 credits



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