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Sep 01, 2024
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2023-2024 Catalog [PAST CATALOG]
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LGS 270 - Gender and the Law3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term. This course meets the Diversity Requirement.
Study the law as it relates to gender and sexuality. Focus on constitutional scrutiny of gender issues. Explore topics such as: the right to privacy; theories of sexuality and gender; sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace, education, and the military; bodily integrity and consent; and legal issues of marriage, custody, adoption and assisted reproduction. Lab fee $10.
Note: This course is not considered a legal specialty course for the purpose of earning legal specialty credits in the Paralegal Studies Program. However, it may be applied as a general elective in the Paralegal Studies Program as noted in the program description. Please consult with an advisor before registering for this course; credit will not be given for LGS 270 and also GSS 270.
Course Outcomes:
- Analyze gender issues under applicable test of Constitutional Scrutiny.
- Identify prominent theorists of sexuality and gender and describe their theories as a basis for law.
- Describe the origin of citizens’ right to privacy and its application to conception, contraception, abortion, sexual contact and sexuality.
- Research and locate state and federal laws affecting gender in the workplace, education and the military.
- Prepare anti-discrimination and federal compliance policies for the workplace and educational institutions.
- Describe the hostile environment and quid pro quo methods of proving sexual harassment.
- Analyze military regulations impacting women in combat and homosexuality in the military.
- Analyze the law and its impact on gender and sexuality issues relative to child custody, adoption, foster care, assisted reproduction and marriage.
- Prepare a legally binding agreement regarding the creation and/or maintenance of an alternative family.
- Identify and describe the right to free speech as it relates to gender and sexuality.
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