| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Part I: Theoretical Framework | |
| 1 | Introduction: A General Introduction to the Course, the Main Substantive Themes and the Requirements |
| 2 | Social Movements, NGOs and Civil Society: How are They Different? |
| 3 | Social Movements and the State: How Do They Interact? |
| 4 | Law, Social Movements and Public Policy: Changing Domestic Contexts |
| 5 | Law, Social Movements and Public Policy: Changing Global Contexts |
| Part II: Domestic and Comparative Experience | |
| 6 | Legal and Social Change in the US: Contesting Perspectives |
| 7 | Environment as an Arena of Struggle |
| 8 | Law and American Labor Movement |
| 9 | Feminism and Women's Movements |
| 10 | Race, Poverty and the Struggle for Social Justice |
| 11 | The Conservative Movement, Policy Change and Law |
| 12 | Preparation for Field-component on Occupy Wall Street |
| 13 | Field Work Report Back |
| 14 | Legal and Social Change in India: The Role of Mobilization and Activism |
| 15 | Women's Rights v. Gender Justice |
| 16 | Caste and the Struggle with/through Law |
| 17 | Contesting Development: Law and Struggle in the Narmada Valley |
| 18 | Human Rights, Social Movements and Public Interest Litigation |
| Part III: Law and Global Public Policy from Below | |
| 19 | Beyond the State? Changing Contexts for Law-making and Application at the Global Level |
| 20 | The World Commission on Dams and the Struggle over Development |
| 21 | Setting Global Environmental and Health Policy: The Case of Nuclear Weapons |
| 22 | Global Economic Institutions and Resistance from the Margins |
| 23 | The World Trade Organization as a Policy Machine |
| 24 | Human Rights Law as Global Public Policy |
| 25 | Conclusion and Review Class |