Law & Society Exam Review 4

Restrictions on minimum fees & advertising were examples of control of production by legal profession. T/F

True

Citizenship, residency, and good character requirements were examples of control of producers by the legal profession. T/F

True

Embracing advertising legal clinics and government sponsored legal aid are examples of demand creation by the legal profession. T/F

True

In most states today, you can read the law to become a lawyer. T/F

False

Consumer and free markets advocate successfully challenge restrictions on fees and advertising by lawyers. T/F

True

According to Makinnon, women were allowed no part in the creation of the constitution and bill of rights, yet they claim to speak for everyone. T/F

True

Prohibition of discrimination against women was not included in the 1964 civil rights acts. T/F

False

Mackinnon said most equal protection case law centered on combating racism not sexism. T/F

True

Makinnon said women’s first equal protection challenges were to fight sex-based distinctions. T/F

True

Mackinnon argues rape needs to be seen as an equal protection problem like we came to see lynching. T/F

True

Makinnon argued most rapes go unreported, most reported rates do not lead to a conviction and many convictions do not result in a significant sentence. T/F

True

Makinnon issued a challenge to see many women issues as equal protection issues instead of just issues of criminal law, privacy law, privacy law, etc. T/F

True

A way that Makinnon thought rape was like lynching is that both are ___? MC

C - Both

The first amendment to the constitution to speak about equality or equal protection was the? MC

C - 14th

Makinnon says __’s idea of equality of treatment like things alike dominated discrimination case

C - Aristotle

Example of laws which could address rape under the equal protection clause given in class were __?

C - Both

An example of treating sexual result as actual sex discrimination is Title 9 actions on campuses. T/F

True