Law and Politics

Open Courseware and Resources

- Law: system of rules usually enforced through a set of institutions (Wikipedia).
- Politics: process by which groups of people make decisions (Wikipedia).

Law and Politics - Resource Page

Prime Sites

  • Austin Peay State University (US), Mega Links in Criminal Justice - Internet Guides (Criminal Justice, Criminology, Distance Education, Employment, Graduate School, Homeland Security, Juvenile Justice, Law School, Police, Prison), Course Materials
  • Internet Public Library (ipl2), Law, Government & Political Science - subject collection: Government, History of Law, Government & Political Science, Law, Government and Political Science Blogs, Law Enforcement, Political Science
  • Kent University (UK), Lawlinks - freely available websites as good starting points for legal research: UK (resources, government), International law, Special legal topics, Other jurisdictions, European Union, Human rights, Private international law, Legal profession & legal education, Further research resources
  • WWW Virtual Library, International Affairs Resources - over 2600 annotated links in a range of international affairs topics: getting started, media sources, organizations, regions & countries, topics (international business, economics, development study, work abroad, communications, religions, health, environment, peace, conflict resolution, security, law, human rights, humanitarian affairs, education, American foreign policy, languages)

Other Sites . . . . . .

Animals in Research: Law, Policy, and Humane Sciences

principles, laws, and policies that influence the use of animal and alternative, non-animal-based (humane sciences) research techniques in biomedical research

Introduction to Political Philosophy

political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition, the polis experience (Plato, Aristotle), the sovereign state (Machiavelli, Hobbes), constitutional government (Locke), democracy (Rousseau, Tocqueville), the way in which different political philosophies have given expression to various forms of political institutions and our ways of life are examined
 

Political Philosophy: Global Justice

explores the foundations and content of norms of justice that apply beyond the borders of a single state, issues of political justice, economic justice, and human rights, the case for skepticism about global justice, idea of global democracy: intellectual property rights, the nature of distributive justice at the global level, pluralism and human rights, rights to control borders, readings [Chinese version available]

Faith and Globalization

impact of religious faith in a world where political, economic, and social spheres are increasingly interconnected, Intentional and sustained reflection on crucial issues of faith and globalization
 

Rules, Race, and Mel Gibson

Slavoj Zizek talking about the explicit, truth, rules, politics, Mel Gibson, society, race, racism, antisemitism, lecturing and developing a psychoanalysis of culture and societies
 

What's The Right Thing To Do?

course on moral reasoning
 

Quantitative Research in Political Science and Public Policy

rigorous introduction to Statistics for Political Science, basic mathematical tools used in social science modeling and statistics, probability theory, theory of estimation and inference, differences of means and regression, Examples from political science & other areas such as labor economics: readings, study materials

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