Day: Wednesdays
Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: MANZ
Enrollment Code: 26401
Description:
This course surveys major cases in American law that refer to race and racial categories. We will review the legal status of slaves and freedmen, Chinese immigrants and Native Americans, and white racial identity in legal definitions of American citizenship. We will also review major civil rights cases since World War II, as well as post-civil rights cases dealing with desegregation and affirmative action.
Professor John Park, Asian American Studies, is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, Law and Society, and Sociology, and he also serves as an Assistant Dean in the College of Letters & Science. He publishes articles and books about immigration law and policy, Asian American history, Anglo American jurisprudence, and theories of race. Thankfully, he avoided becoming a lawyer.
Email: jswpark@asamst.ucsb.edu
