2024-2025 University Catalog
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PCON 356 - Is it Genocide? The Legal Bases of Settler Colonialism
Examines the relationship between law and colonialism from historical and contemporary perspectives. Assesses whether settler colonialism can be understood from our contemporary vantage point as a form of genocide. Employs primary legal texts and secondary scholarly sources to analyze the founding of settler colonial societies and the violence used to sustain them. Introduces the various ways in which law operated to justify colonialism and how different audiences interpret legal documents and decisions. A reading-heavy discussion-based class.
Credits: 1.0
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: PCON 111 or PCON 218 or or or
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: No First-year
Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Liberal Arts Practices: Confronting Collective Challenges and The Process of Writing
Core Component: None
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