LEGALST 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Disparate Impact, Social Capital, Terry Stop

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LEGALST 100
• Professor: Jonathan Marshall

Document Summary

Support your answer with evidence drawn from the course readings and lectures on marriage equality, eviction and tenant law, torts (including pollution), and social welfare. Of the ways the haves come out ahead the most important, according to marc galanter are: Advanced intelligence, the playing for rules in litigation, and the greater amount of resources. We can refer to rps as big organizations and os are individuals. Systematic differences between parties pose different consequences in fairness: rps have advanced intelligence -have experience going through many similar legal disputes&litg processes prior; thus they are aware of which strategies to execute. Landlords = rps, coming out more successful as they had expertise. Due to past experiences in eviction cases, shereen knew tenants would not show up in court, how to file necessary paperwork, and strategize to achieve favorable outcomes. As an rp, she structured rules and transactions.