CJL 3038 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Basic Tenants of Critical Legal Studies - ANS -Argued against the belief that the rule of law is
supreme
-There is nothing distinctly legal about legal reasoning
- legal reasoning cannot operate independently of the personal bias of lawyers or judges
- Judicial decisions are not inevitable
- the outcome is largely dependent on the judge
Indeterminacy - ANS The ability of law to cover all situations - the law is so contradictory that
the context of a case will determine the outcome
Why is the law far from a science? - ANS Inseparable from politics, economics and culture
- laws only seem neutral
laws legitimize status quo - they are a part of the system of power in a society rather than a
protection against it.
Critiques of the CLS movement (Critical Legal Studies Movement) - ANS Utopian ideals,
hostile to rule
-teaches cynicism
-succeeded in critiquing the western legal system
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ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2025/2026.
Basic Tenants of Critical Legal Studies - ANS -Argued against the belief that the rule of law is
supreme
-There is nothing distinctly legal about legal reasoning
- legal reasoning cannot operate independently of the personal bias of lawyers or judges
- Judicial decisions are not inevitable
- the outcome is largely dependent on the judge
Indeterminacy - ANS The ability of law to cover all situations - the law is so contradictory that
the context of a case will determine the outcome
Why is the law far from a science? - ANS Inseparable from politics, economics and culture
- laws only seem neutral
laws legitimize status quo - they are a part of the system of power in a society rather than a
protection against it.
Critiques of the CLS movement (Critical Legal Studies Movement) - ANS Utopian ideals,
hostile to rule
-teaches cynicism
-succeeded in critiquing the western legal system
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.