Sociology 2260A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Feminist Legal Theory, Marxist Feminism, Legal Realism
21 Apr 2014
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Sociology of law: key terms and concepts. Implies that government authority may only be exercised in accordance with written laws, which were adopted through an established procedure. Includes three main branches corresponding to these sub- functions: Organization: determining how society and the institutions within society are structured, and how the pieces interrelate. Regulation: defining and enforcing the rights and obligations that citizens, organizations, and institutions have towards one another. Naturalizing preferred norms and values: also known as the philosophy of law. Lecture two september 16, 2013. Judges do not exercise independent judgment; they apply the rules as found. It is mildly reformist but politically centrist: liberal pluralists emphasize the rule of law and individual rights. Major themes of american legal realism. Central tenets of legal formalism (also called conventionalism: the law is apolitical, the law is autonomous, the law is ahistorical. The centrality of the role of the judge. Look at the whole process.
