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LAWS 6687

Regulating the Family · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

87BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2025

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That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

55thMore challenging than 55% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”1 record · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course explores how the law regulates the family, which channels core aspects of human existence love, care, and dependency and how such regulation has changed over time. Rather than just focusing on what the law is, it analyses the law from the perspectives of legal theory, public policy, morality, and justice. During the seminar, we will interrogate the theoretical and conceptual basis for legal rules. We will enquire how this regulation relates to different conceptions of what we consider just and equitable. Finally, we will examine policy preferences underlying existing regulation and consider the dilemmas posed by reform proposals.The first half of the course explores theories of family law and analyses key historical stakes, including gender, the legal inclusion of marginalized identities, and the familys relationship with the market. The second half delves into concrete questions and debates about adult romantic relationships, parent-child relationships, and specific issues arising from the human life cycle, including childhood and aging. Throughout the course, we will try to unsettle boundaries of the public/private and domestic/global. We will read a broad range of sources and disciplines, including law, history, sociology, economics, political theory, and popular media. No prior knowledge of family law is necessary.

The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Akshat AgarwalLaw Provisional	911 record	78th	55th

There is no ranking to read here: Akshat Agarwal is the only instructor with evaluation records for LAWS 6687, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

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The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9349th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9349th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9351st pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9343rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9363rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8724th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9139th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8725th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9675th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9674th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9155th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

9361st pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Akshat Agarwal	Fall 2025	01	91	87	60

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.