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208.8 sec. 1 - Foundation Seminar in the Sociology of Law (Spring 2011)

Instructor: Catherine Albiston  (view instructor's teaching evaluations | profile)
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Units: 3
Meeting Time: Th 2:00-4:50
Meeting Location: 2240 Piedmont

Course Start: January 13, 2011
Course Control Number (Non-1Ls): 49476


The sociology of law treats law as a social institution. In contrast to legal formalist approaches that assume the impartiality and autonomy of law, or jurisprudential approaches that examine the morality of law, sociological studies of law examine the relation of legal institutions and actors to social structure. This seminar will cover classic and contemporary works that address the capacity of law to produce social change; the relation of law to inequality; the social construction of disputes and dispute resolution; organizations and law; legal pluralism; legal consciousness; and social movements and law. Graduate students in all disciplines are welcome.

This course may satisfy the Writing Requirement.

Exam Notes: P
Course Category: Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP)
This course is cross-listed in the following categories:
Law and Society
Public Law and Policy
Social Justice and Public Interest

The following files are available for this course:

First Assignment
First Assignment

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Readers:
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Books:
Required Books are in blue

  • Rights at work
    Michael W. McCann
    Publisher: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
    ISBN: 9780226555720
    Copyright Date: To Be Determined
    Price: $11.17
    Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Folletts prices are unavailable at this time.
  • The common place of law
    Patricia Ewick & Susan S. Silbey
    Publisher: Chicago ; University of Chicago Press, 1998.
    ISBN: 9780226227443
    Copyright Date: To Be Determined
    Price: 1.4
    Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time.
  • The hollow hope
    Gerald N. Rosenberg
    Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
    ISBN: 9780226726717
    Copyright Date: To Be Determined
    Price: 9
    Note: prices are sampled from internet bookstores. Ned's prices are unavailable at this time.

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