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Professor Cook

J.D. Course 215 | 4 credit hours

The objective of this course is to examine how Fourteenth and First amendment law reflects, reinforces, and reforms inequalities and systems of social stratification. The course surveys the growing literature on income, wealth, and social goods distribution, particularly as it pertains to class, race, and gender. Students explore the interplay between these patterns of social inequality and the Supreme Court’s elaboration of substantive due process, equal protection, and first amendment rights, interrogating a range of sociological and political theories seeking to explain the persistence of these inequalities.