[Bioundgrd] Two new political science classes

[Janice Chang]

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>17.906  LAW, VIOLENCE AND JUSTICE
>Fridays 1-3 pm  E51-385
>Prof. Austin Sarat
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>Law in the United States is everywhere, ordering the most minute 
>details of daily life while at the same time making life and death 
>judgments. It claims to do justice and to be justified in using 
>violence to pursue its aims. We will attend to the peculiar ways the 
>American legal system deals with the human suffering-with examples 
>ranging from the legal treatment of persons living in poverty to the 
>treatment of victims of sexual assault. How is law organized to cope 
>with their pain? How are the actions of persons who inflict injuries 
>on others defined in legal terms? Here we will examine cases on 
>self-defense and capital punishment. Throughout, attention will be 
>given to the practices of police, prosecutors, judges, and others 
>who deploy law's violence.
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>17.907  SOLVING PROBLEMS IN RACE AND EDUCATION
>Thursdays 1-3 pm  E25-117
>Tobie Weiner
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>Explores how race, education, and community affect MIT and the 
>Cambridge and/or Boston Community. Students will be given an 
>in-depth background into specific community problems at MIT or in 
>Cambridge/Boston. Problems and concerns examined will include 
>racial, education, economic, and political issues. The class allows 
>students to select the issues or concerns on which they will focus 
>for the semester.  Students will work throughout the semester to 
>propose solutions that allow for  the MIT and Cambridge educational 
>communities to become more inclusive, efficient and equitable
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>For more information on these subjects contact Tobie Weiner E53-484, 
>253-3649, iguanatw at mit.edu.