POL472

041993

This course illuminates how political authority is constructed and contested, alongside the role that law and legal actors play in this process. Focusing on the development of territorial states, but also considering empires and international organizations, we will peel back how these polities emerge, how they legitimate their authority and project their power, how people challenge and resist their rule, and how laws, lawyers, and judges impact these processes of political development.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Undergraduate