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POL 5492 is also offered in Fall 2024
POL 5492 is also offered in Fall 2022
Fall 2024 | POL 5492 Section 001: Law and (In)Justice in Latin America (32377)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Meets With:
- POL 4492 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/03/2024 - 12/11/2024Tue, Thu 02:30PM - 03:45PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 255
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (0 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course examines, from various angles, how law and justice function in contemporary Latin America, highlighting similarities and differences within and between countries and issue areas. Students reflect on and debate the causes behind the varied outcomes, as well as the effectiveness, actual and potential, of the different institutional and social change efforts that have been underway in the region since the 1980s. Specific topics addressed include accountability for past and present mass violence; origins of and responses to crime, from "mano dura" policies to criminal justice reform and anti-corruption initiatives; and advances and limitations in equal rights protection. Special attention is paid across the course to issues of indigeneity, race, class, gender, and sexuality. Throughout, students compare situations within Latin America, which is by no means a monolith, as well as consider parallels between Latin America and the United States, where, despite great differences in wealth, history and culture, similar problems of law and justice can be found. The course aims thus not only to teach students about Latin America but also to get students to think about what we might learn from Latin America.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?hilbink+POL5492+Fall2024
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Grading:
- 25% Quizzes30% Reports/Papers (individual)10% Group project20% In-class Presentations (small group)
15% Participation (in-class or online discussion boards) - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
35% Discussion and Student Presentations
25% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per WeekUp to 10 Pages Writing Per Term (4492)or up to 20 Pages Writng Per Term (5492)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32377/1249
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 April 2022
Fall 2022 | POL 5492 Section 001: Law and (In)Justice in Latin America (32646)
- Instructor(s)
- Pongsakorn Suwanpong (TA)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person
- Meets With:
- POL 4492 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 155
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- This course examines, from various angles, how law and justice function in contemporary Latin America, highlighting similarities and differences within and between countries and issue areas. Students reflect on and debate the causes behind the varied outcomes, as well as the effectiveness, actual and potential, of the different institutional and social change efforts that have been underway in the region since the 1980s. Specific topics addressed include accountability for past and present mass violence; origins of and responses to crime, from "mano dura" policies to criminal justice reform and anti-corruption initiatives; and advances and limitations in equal rights protection. Special attention is paid across the course to issues of indigeneity, race, class, gender, and sexuality. Throughout, students compare situations within Latin America, which is by no means a monolith, as well as consider parallels between Latin America and the United States, where, despite great differences in wealth, history and culture, similar problems of law and justice can be found. The course aims thus not only to teach students about Latin America but also to get students to think about what we might learn from Latin America.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Grading:
- 25% Quizzes30% Reports/Papers (individual)10% Group project20% In-class Presentations (small group)
15% Participation (in-class or online discussion boards) - Class Format:
- 40% Lecture
35% Discussion and Student Presentations
25% Small Group Activities - Workload:
- 100 Pages Reading Per WeekUp to 10 Pages Writing Per Term (4492)or up to 20 Pages Writng Per Term (5492)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/32646/1229
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 29 April 2022
Spring 2021 | POL 5492 Section 001: Law and (In)Justice in Latin America (68586)
- Instructor(s)
- Baruch Malewich (TA)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
- Online Course
- Meets With:
- POL 4492 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/19/2021 - 05/03/2021Mon, Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PMOff CampusUMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (2 of 3 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How law and justice function in contemporary Latin America. Similarities/differences within/between countries and issue areas. Causes behind varied outcomes. Effectiveness of different reform efforts. Transitional justice, judicial review, judicial independence, access to justice, criminal justice (police, courts, and prisons), corruption, non-state alternatives. Issues of class, race/ethnicity, and gender.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68586/1213
Spring 2017 | POL 5492 Section 001: Law and (In)Justice in Latin America (68223)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Meets With:
- POL 4492 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/17/2017 - 05/05/2017Tue, Thu 11:15AM - 12:30PMUMTC, West BankHubert H Humphrey Center 25
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- How law and justice function in contemporary Latin America. Similarities/differences within/between countries and issue areas. Causes behind varied outcomes. Effectiveness of different reform efforts. Transitional justice, judicial review, judicial independence, access to justice, criminal justice (police, courts, and prisons), corruption, non-state alternatives. Issues of class, race/ethnicity, and gender.
- Class Description:
- Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/68223/1173
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