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Amherst College professor AUSTIN SARAT, a Ph

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One fifth of the entire student body enrolled in the course on Murder
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AUSTIN SARAT, professor
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2: Amherst College professor AUSTIN SARAT, a Ph.D. in political science with a law degree from Yale University, is teaching a course on Murder which is the most popular in the school's history—with one fifth of the entire student body enrolled. It breaks the record of a course on Human Sexuality offered in the 70's. The syllabus includes selections from literature, film, and television like "Crime and Punishment," and "Macbeth," as well as "Pulp Fiction," and "Psycho."

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