LPSC2301 (Introduction to Law, Policy, and Society) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Average rating 3.3/5. Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
Examines the relationship of society to its laws: how society creates changes in law or policy via societal pressure and social movements (such as the environmental, women’s rights, and corporate accountability movements); how law and policy affect individual rights and behavior; whether a society needs laws in order to function; the relationship between some branches of our government in effectuating social change; and some of the fundamental differences between societies governed by seemingly similar but pragmatically different laws, such as the right to a jury trial.
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