socio-legal studies

According to Mark Goodale, one of the major tensions in legal anthropology has been between anthropology of law and the anthropology of law. Similarly, in socio-legal
studies, the relationship between law on the books and law in action has been key. In each, there is a tension between formal legal institutions and meaningful social
practices that have something to do with law.

Instruction: Please address all of 4 aspects. Write a paper that explains this above tension between studying law through rule-based formal institutional processes,
and law as socially and culturally embedded processes to someone unfamiliar with socio-legal studies by explicitly addressing each of the following aspects: 1) the way
“law” has been defined by scholars differently; 2) how “law” has been understood in society in different ways; and 3) how “law” and “society” are put into relation in
the literature you are familiar with. 4) Finally, use arguments from the course readings to explain why the relations and tensions between law and society, or social
relations and legal ones, matter in a global context.

“Important”: Rather than focusing on your personal opinion or crafting your own argument, this is an exercise in demonstrating an understanding of the authors’
arguments we have read throughout the course and synthesizing them in an organized, coherent, and well-supported manner. Terms you use should be defined, and your
essay should introduce and discuss “At Least Three Examples” from course material, meaning you summarize the argument of the paper in order to support your essay and
illustrate the tensions you’re outlining. Utilize only the course material rather than external sources (if you so choose, the recommended readings from the Legal
Pluralism week are acceptable to use). I have upload 4 short readings , you can choose 3 different examples and also the quote from readings. Consequently you do not
need to provide a bibliography at the end of the paper. However, you must properly utilize in-text citations for any quotes or references you make to the course
readings in the paper.