H2O Casebook Collection

SPAA 310 is a special topics course offered by the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs & Administration for students in their Law & Society and Public Administration programs as well as other interested undergraduate students. This particular section focuses on careers in law and explores what it means to "work in law" and "study law."

This casebook is an addition to the other required materials for an undergraduate / graduate Strategy & Organization in Music course at Wayne State University. The online version, in all cases, will be the most up-to-date version.

This casebook includes an introduction to important principles of criminal law and how issues of mental health, race, sex, gender, and sexual orientation have been treated by the legal system.  This casebook should invite meaningful discussions about the role of race in the legal system, including policies regarding policing, discretion, and diversionary programs. Although the subject of criminal law cannot be taught without the use of cases and resources that include distressing details, traumatizing material was avoided when it was not necessary to the purposes of this course.