This seminar examines the nature, practice, and institutions of law as depicted in a variety of literary texts. The course also explores how techniques associated with literary criticism may be applied to selected legal texts. Prerequisite: All lockstep courses except Constitutional Law.
This information has been collected for the Post-Discipline Online Syllabus Database. The database explores the use of literature by schools of professional education in North America. It forms part of a larger project titled Post-Discipline: Literature, Professionalism, and the Crisis of the Humanities, led by Dr Merve Emre with the assistance of Dr Hayley G. Toth. You can find more information about the project at https://postdiscipline.english.ox.ac.uk/. Data was collected and accurate in 2021/22.
History
Subject Area
Law
Geographic Region
West South Central
University or College
Texas A&M University
Funding Status
Public
Endowment (according to NACUBO's U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change* in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20) ($1,000)
13594482
Annual Tuition and Mandatory Fees 2021-2022 ($) (Resident; Non-resident, where applicable)
32634; 48618
Course Title
Law and Literature Seminar
Terminal Degree of Instructor(s)
PhD American Literature and MFA
Position of Instructor(s)
Professor of Law
Academic Year(s) Active
2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22. Archived course catalogs do not go beyond 2015; this course is likely to have been running for longer - likely as early as 2013 based on instructor CV.