SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Documenta, Employment Discrimination, Resolution-Class Submarine
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Class admin: midterm may 24 format has changed (only 2 rather than 3 essay questions, next thursday guest lecturer for last half of lecture on race and policing. Following tuesday (may 31) and thursday (june 2) i will be absent: may 31 meiyen wong and social change. Close reading of the emergence and transformation of disputes: naming, blaming, claiming . Review and comparison of different mechanisms for dispute resolution. Classic os vs. rp is individuals suing corporations. Glanter talks about civil law and private law torts. Most common: individual person suing a corporation: ex, of when to sue: health and safety, coffee hot on cup cause someone got burned. Advantages of rp: more experience and knowledge, more resources (money), economy scale (less starter costs), they can sustain longer delays. Os have choices: can settle (for money), drop the case entirely (lumping/avoidance)
