LEGALST 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erving Goffman, Fungibility, Common Rule

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LEGALST 140
• Professor: Brown Robert

Document Summary

Thursday, august 25 how property structures personhood. Readings: ppl 1-5, erving goffman, asylums: essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates. , 6-15, margaret jane radin, property and personhood. Class 1 introduction to the course, explain the written/oral assignment. Property; property and personhood; effective v. efficient property regimes. Reading notes: based on discussion questions: 1-5, erving goffman, asylums: essays on the social situation of mental patients and other inmates. The author makes a point about an inmate"s use of property to present a personal appearance to focus on the importance of possessions to express individuality and to alter ones appearance. When an inmate is stripped of their possessions they are stripped of their individuality or what makes them unique. This can be seen as positive or as a way for people to deceive each other.