SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Critical Race Theory, Bobsleigh, Legal Culture
1 Mar 2016
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Challenges assumptions about law fairness , equality (challenges pervasive dominant assumptions about law) How are race and racial power constructed and represented within american legal culture (students asked this no plans to replace the professor) No one perspective, theory, methodology or doctrine (umbrella term) How do we understand how it came into law?) How race is structured and structured by ideas/legal doctrines such as. Fairness , equality , and equal protection under the law does everybody have equal fairness and protection in the law, appear to be race neutral however its argued that it isn"t. Want to change the relationship between race, racism, and law (want to do something to actually change it, real focus for people who work in political action so they"re committed to the practice) 13. case for domestic violence what would the reasonable person do in this situation?) How does law structure privilege and marginalization? (certain groups are.
