This interdisciplinary course will examine the role that law plays in the globalization-related controversies that affect Latin America. Topics covered will include democracy, the nation-state and Latin American structural adjustment programs; the Latin American financial crisis, WTO and the limitations on trade in Latin American agricultural markets; the case for free trade as a key to growth and development in Latin America; and regional market integration through Mercosur. The course will also examine the link between globalization and income inequality, and the global mobility of people in labor and immigration. After some preliminary theoretical work on globalization, the course will invite expert scholars from a variety of disciplines to present their relevant contemporary writing for discussion and critique.