Laws relationship to society ii the theoretical

3/12 Law’s Relationship to Society II: The Theoretical Tradition of Karl Marx
 Bonsignore, John J. et al. 2005. Before the Law: An Introduction to the Legal Process. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, Sections 5.0-5.1 and 4.1.

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SECTION: Reading Response Paper #2
 Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores (2014). After reading excerpts from this case, answer the following
prompt: How do you think Marx (or a Marxist) would interpret the Supreme Court’s Hobby
Lobby decision? The paper needs to be 1-2 double spaced pages. You will turn in a hardcopy of
the paper to your Teaching Assistant during your section meeting. Late papers will not be
accepted.
3/24 Law’s Relationship to Society III: The Theoretical Tradition of Emile Durkheim
 Erickson, Kai. 1963. Wayward Puritans: A Study in the Sociology of Deviance. New York: John Wiley
and Sons (read selected excerpts).
3/26 Law’s Relationship to Society IV: Critical Legal Studies
 Carbado, Devon W., and Daria Roithmayr. 2014. “Critical Race Theory Meets Social Science.”
Annual Review of Law and Social Scie nce 10: 149-167.
SECTION: Reading Quiz #5
 Rakoff, Jed S. 2014. “Why Innocent People Plead Guilty,” The New York Review of Books ,
November 20.
 Swartz, Robert, and Michael M. Baylson. 2014. “Plea Bargains & Prosecutors: An Exchange,”
The New York Review of Books , December 18.
3/31 Law’s Relationship to Society V: Instrumentalism
 Duggan, Paul. 2007. “Lawyer Who Wiped Out D.C. Ban Says It’s About Liberties, Not Guns,”
Washington Post , March 18.
 Swift, Aisling. 2008. “Naples Man Behind Major Supreme Court Decision Plays as Hard as He
Works,” Naples Daily , June 26.
 Liptak, Adam. 2010. “Justices Offer Receptive Ear to Business Interests,” N ew York Times ,
December 18.
4/2 Civil Rights Litigation: Guest Speaker: Stephen Wasby, Professor Emeritus,
University at Albany (SUNY)
 Belton, Robert (as edited by Stephen L. Wasby). 2014. “How Griggs Came to Be.” Journal of
Supreme Court History 39: 425-443.
SECTION: Reading/Film Quiz #6
Watch the film The Road to Brown prior to section
( ).
4/7 Can Law Change Society? School Desegregation I
 Strum, Phillipa. 2014. “‘We Always Tell Our Children They are Americans’: Mendez v. Westminster
and the Beginning of the End of School Segregation.” Journal of Supreme Court History 39: 307-
328.

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4/9 Can Law Change Society? School Desegregation II
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