This weekly seminar examines how our social worlds, particularly our laws and legal institutions, shape and are shaped by technology. Through engagement with scholarship spanning law, sociology, political science, and history, students will learn to use and critique foundational legal, sociolegal, and sociotechnical perspectives on the relationships between law, technology, and society. Potential topics of study include the impact of automobiles on criminal procedure, the incorporation of monitoring technologies in administrative and criminal law enforcement, the role of data brokers in constructing legal information, and the use of government databases in healthcare. Throughout the semester, students will focus on forming and refining their individual viewpoints, culminating in a final essay that draws on course materials and insights from readings and discussions.
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