Critically analyze the role of the law in the life of two individuals. You will interview two people about a dispute or conflict they have had in their lives. These two individuals should vary across one major category of identity such as race/ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, etcetera but should be the same in other respects. These individuals must be over 18 years old and cannot be your college peer. These interviews must be conducted in person, over the telephone or via video like Skype/Zoom. These interviews cannot be conducted over email. In the paper you will:
• Describe the dispute or conflict. When did it happen? Who was involved? What were the issues
involved? What was the outcome?
• Describe how the processes of naming, blaming and claiming apply to the dispute or conflict.
• Compare and contrast how individuals experienced their legal consciousness.
• Discuss how and when the individuals involved used the legal system or laws in their dispute? What
meaning did they attach to using the legal system? If they didn’t seek legal redress why didn’t they
use the legal system/ law?
• Discuss if and how different forms of power or inequality (race, class, gender, status) impacted how
the individuals involved used the law?
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