SOC232H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Patricia J. Williams, House Law, Status Quo
Document Summary
Law and society there are a lot of contradictions: typology of the law as dispute resolution. Keep track of everything that is done- creating a paper trail. If a litigation happens again- you will have more to make defensable: contracts. Hot caution on a coffee cup will help you get out of litigation because if you spill cooffe and burn yourself its your fault, cause you didn"t read it. School borads, document everything: bullying, abuse, one shotters. Kess concerned about rules: they are there for their own immediate issues. That is the mustiique of the law: galanters dilemma: Does it amplify the advantage of rp. Does it lebel the playing feld for os and the havenots: lawyers for oe shotters. What do they do: for one they are from the lower echelons of the legal professions, they have lower prestige and ses- they practice alone, they have troble mobilizing their clints, ethical barriers to ambulance chasers.
