INQ-277 | Comparative Legal Systems & Culture: United Kingdom

Crosslisted As: CJUS277

Topic Description:

How are differences in US culture and British culture reflected in the countries’ legal systems and law enforcement practices? While in the United Kingdom, students will examine the British legal system and law enforcement practices. Through lectures by British faculty, site visits to legislative bodies and court/police facilities, and cultural events, students gain first-hand knowledge and experience so that they may compare this system and culture to that of the United States. Group neighborhood projects, attending events important to the British culture and living in flats in London and Edinburgh will give the students the ability to compare the legal systems and law enforcement practices of the United Kingdom and United States through a cultural lens.

Course Types Offered: Travel

Topic Approved: April 2016