VERMILLION, S.D. – The “Taylor Swift Effect” has taken the world by storm and has even made its way into the college classroom.
This spring semester, students at the University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law will be able to take a course focused on Taylor Swift that will encourage them to think about the legal environment from a new perspective.
In the new course offered by Professor Sean Kammer, law students will learn about a pop music icon and how her life, legacy in the music industry, and impact on culture intertwine with the law.
Students will use debates over music interpretation as an analogy for the competing theories of legal interpretation in the new course. This will encourage them to question why they gravitate to a particular theory, while also understanding each theory’s strengths and limitations.
Students will also explore the influence of music and pop culture more broadly – on the law.
