LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, Legal Realism
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Firmly rooted in conflict perspective - societies are fundamentally divided along class lines bourgeoisie (upper class, owners) vs. proletariat (lower class, workers) (society and the law in particular is a reflection of unequal relationships. )argues that we do not have common interests as a society and we all have conflicting interests. Law is not just about violence, we don"t always do something because of coercion , often times we do things because we think we should, law is about getting us also to. Law tricks us into thinking the system in place is the best one possible to follow. Law = tool of the bourgeoisie to maintain dominance. This is primarily done in two ways: It recognizes that our society does have economic inequalities and brings this to attention and the role that law playsin this. Recognizes that law has a role that is to push us to think in certain ways.
