LAWS 3908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Associate Justice, People V. Turner, Farinata
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Multiple choice, 6-7 short answer questions: 50 mc, 5 marks each for short answer*, apply theory, come up with arguments to understand issue. List of characteristics of 4 legal theories we have discussed: short answer, question regarding legal theory, know characteristics, 1-2 key figures in each theory and know how to apply it to understand issues! Case study: trial of sacco and vanzetti. Presentation: landmark, controversial case that happened in us, arrest and prosecution and conviction and death sentence of 2 italian immigrants who were involved in anarchist movements, shows how legal realism was followed. Oliver wendell holmes significance of extra-legal factors in adjudication. Roscoe pount law is social control for benefit of society. Karl llewellyn law is an institution that carries out legal functions crucial for survival. Jerome frank subjective and relativist aspects of law. Idea that judges are influenced by extra legal factors ie. cultural, psychological, political, social factors.
