LAW-767 : CD: Gender, Sex, Sexualities

This seminar will discuss and explore past and present legal formulations in Family Law and its treatment of gender, sex and sexualities. The course will focus specifically in marriage, families, reproductive rights, constitutional protections, criminalization practices and emerging fields of state regulation. The course will combine class discussions, written reflections, debates, and lectures. At the end of the semester, students must submit a paper examining a current family legal issue in terms of its social implications for gender, sex and sexual policies.