Law assignment
Reading Assignment for January 19
Please note: the order and chapters are based on the course readings posted on CULearn
Please re-read/review the following articles from last week from chapter I – the introductory chapter -- that you read for last week and review the discussion questions on these articles.
I Introduction:
3. Patricia Williams "Response to Mari Matsuda,"
(1989) 11 Women's Rights Law Reporter 10-13
4. Sherene Razack, “Introduction: Looking White People in
the Eye” in Looking White People in the Eye: Gender,
Race and Culture in Courtrooms and Classrooms
(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998) 3-22
And read the last article in Chapter I
5. Barb Thomas, “Learning from Discomfort: A Letter to My
Daughters” in Talking About Differnce, Carl James and
Adrienne Shadd (eds.) (Toronto: Between the Lines, 1994)
155-173
And read the first article in Chapter II -- Conceptualizing Equality and Conceptualizing Rights
1. Martha Minow, "Sources of Difference", in Making All
the Difference: Inclusion, Exclusion and American Law
(N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1990) 49-78
Please note: The discussion paper for Chapter I is due January 26.