SOC OF LAW

CRJ/Soc 453/553: Sociology of Law

Please write a 6 page paper using the Instructions below.  Any text beyond 6 pages will NOT be read (double-spaced, 1” margins, 12-point Times New Roman font)!

Instructions:

Karl Marx and Mahatma Gandhi just watched the film “Eyes on the Prize.”  They are sitting at a local restaurant discussing how the documentary illustrates the role of the legal system (i.e., government) in society and the potential problems with our legal system.  You are sitting at a table beside them and overhear their conversation. Write down what you heard (in the form of a transcript of their conversation). Write your responses in ‘first person’ as if you are the theorist (for example, “I think that…”) so that you have to get into their minds, think like each of them, and express what they might plausibly have said about this documentary.

Assessment (Total 30 points): 10 points for quality of representation of Marx’s theory, including use of his core concepts and their application to the film; 10 points for quality of representation of Gandhi’s theory, including use of his core concepts and their application to the film; 10 points for quality of the dialogue between Marx & Gandhi, specifically use of dialogue-style writing to show how they would speak back and forth to each other, what types of questions they would ask of each other’s views to clarify points not clear to them, and clarity of their similarities and differences.

Good luck, Have Fun!

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