Below you will find the schedule of quizzes together with the readings corresponding to each quiz for the Fall 2019 semester.
All of the readings for the quizzes come from Larson and Schmidt, The Law and Society Reader II
Date |
Topic |
Quiz |
Readings |
Sept 5 |
Nature of Law |
1 |
Albiston,
“The Rule of Law and the Litigation Process: The Paradox of Losing by
Winning,” |
Sept 12 |
Theoretical Perspectives |
2 |
Beckett
and Hoffman, “Challenging Medicine: Law, Resistance, and the Cultural
Politics of Childbirth,” |
Sept 19 |
Organization of the Law |
3 |
Grossman,
Kritzer and Macaulay, “Do the ‘Haves’ Still Come
Out Ahead” |
Sept 26 |
How Law is Made |
4 |
Grattet and Jenness,
“The Reconstitution of Law in Local Settings: Agency Discretion, Ambiguity,
and a Surplus of Law in Policing of Hate Crimes,” |
Oct 8 |
Law and Social Control |
5 |
Parker,
“The ‘Compliance’ Trap: The Moral Message in Responsive Regulatory Enforcement,”
|
Oct 17 |
Law and Dispute Resolution |
6 |
Coglianese, “Litigating within Relationships: Disputes and Disturbance in the Regulatory Process,” Hadfield, “Framing the Choice between Cash and the Courthouse: Experiences with the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund,” |
Oct 24 |
Law and Social Change |
7 |
Keck, “Beyond Backlash: Assessing the Impact of Judicial Decisions on LGBT Rights,” Nielson, “Situating Legal Consciousness: Experiences and Attitudes of Ordinary Citizens about Law and Street Harassment,” |
Nov 5 |
Attorneys and the Legal System |
8 |
Dinovitzer and Garth, “Lawyer Satisfaction in the Process of Structuring Legal Careers,” Heinz, Laumann, Nelson, and Michelson, “The Changing Character of Lawyers’ Work: Chicago 1975-1995,” |
Nov 12 |
Researching Law and Society |
9 |
Garth and Sterling, “From Legal Realism to Law and Society: Shaping Law for the Last Stages of the Social Activist State,” Moran, “What Counts as Knowledge? A Reflection on Race, Social Science and the Law,” |