This course explores resistance, including socio-political
movements, cultural expressions, and individual acts, through the
interdisciplinary field of law and society.  We will begin this
study by asking key definitional questions about these concepts, and
then move on to addressing how law and resistance relate to, and
through, one another.  This is a fascinating field, and we will be
posing some essential questions throughout the semester to frame our
analyses and guide our readings and discussions:

•	How might law shape resistance?
o	What is the role of law in the formation, articulation, and
actualization of resistance?
o	Does law impede or facilitate resistance?
•	How might resistance shape law?

We will approach this study and these questions thematically; rather
than case studies of specific social movements, we will look to four
ways that resistance is employed, and analyze these methods from an
array of examples from the 20th and 21st centuries. Tentative areas
of exploration include civil, prisoner, and LGBTQ rights struggles;
black power, animal liberation, and anti-globalization movements;
and various studies investigating the daily acts of resistance in
which diverse populations engage.

This class will be heavily discussion-based, with instructor and
guest lectures, and occasional film screenings.

Grading Criteria:
•	Attendance and Participation
•	Journals/Reflection papers
•	Final Project/Paper


Class Meeting:  Daily, 10:30-11:20, BH 219

Instructor: Judah Schept, Department of Criminal Justice