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,”

Mertz, “A New Social Constructionism for Sociolegal Studies,”

Sept 12

Theoretical Perspectives

2

Beckett and Hoffman, “Challenging Medicine: Law, Resistance, and the Cultural Politics of Childbirth,”

Calavita, “Blue Jeans, Rape, and the ‘De-Constitutive’ Power of Law,”

Sept 19

Organization of the Law

3

Grossman, Kritzer and Macaulay, “Do the ‘Haves’ Still Come Out Ahead”

Zackin, “Popular Constitutionalism’s Hard When You’re Not Very Popular: Why the ACLU Turned to the Courts,”

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,”

Sohoni, “Unsuitable Suitors: Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Naturalization Laws, and the Construction of Asian Identities,”

Oct 8

Law and Social Control

5

Parker, “The ‘Compliance’ Trap: The Moral Message in Responsive Regulatory Enforcement,”

Tyler and Boeckmann, “Three Strikes and You Are Out, but Why? The Psychology of Public Support for Punishing Rule Breakers,”

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,”