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Direct linkCallaghan, Elizabeth – Teaching Sociology, 2005
Court ethnography assignments provide a wonderful way to teach observation skills in an unfamiliar legal setting. Most people obtain their knowledge of legal proceedings from television or movies and students are no exception. But teachers can teach students to closely examine court process and legal behavior in a sophisticated way by assigning…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Lawyers, Observation, Ethnography
