2015-2016 Undergraduate Bulletin

HIS 352 History & Justice in Wider World

3 hours 

This course explores the history and meaning of justice outside the United States. Each section of the course will examine different case studies from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, as well as global and/or transnational movements, ideologies and institutions. Possible topics include concepts and practices of justice in the Muslim world, colonial justice (Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East), justice in the East Asian world (China, Japan, Korea), and the global history of human rights. Special attention will be paid to the interplay between Western and non-Western conceptions of justice.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 201 and junior standing or above

Notes

This course satisfies the John Jay College Option: Justice in Global Perspective (300-level) area of the Gen Ed Program.