Legal Anthropology and Cultural Influence Quiz
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How is culture defined by John Frohnmayer?

  • As part of society's creations and values (correct)
  • As the artifacts created by human groups
  • As patterns of behavior transmitted by symbols
  • As conditioning influences upon further actions

    • Which term refers to culture systems being products of action and conditioning influences upon further action?

  • Conditioning influences (correct)
  • Distinctive achievements of human groups
  • Patterns of behavior
  • Embodiments in artifacts

    • What does the anthropologist's definition of culture emphasize?

  • Patterns of behavior (correct)
  • Symbols
  • Embodiments in artifacts
  • Achievements of human groups

    • In practical terms, what does culture encompass according to John Frohnmayer?

    <p>Tribal dance, sacred ground, folk wisdom, flora, and fauna among others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement best reflects the distinction between broad and narrow visions of culture?

    <p>'Culture' is a word susceptible to many meanings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on the text, what is a key aspect of culture according to the anthropologist's definition?

    <p>Architecture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Mary Ann Glendon, what does law represent?

    <p>A culture that shapes it</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which scholar described law as a product of a particular type of culture like language, music, and marriage arrangements?

    <p>Gunter Bierbrauer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Clifford Geertz describe law as?

    <p>A distinctive manner of imagining the real</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Robert M. Cover, how does the creation of legal meaning take place?

    <p>Through an essentially cultural medium</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Stewart Macaulay suggested that law is an important part of culture and affects everyday life in important ways by drawing parallels with which of the following?

    <p>School and spectator sports</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Naomi Mezey's work, what influences critical legal studies according to the text?

    <p>Identity politics, popular culture, and a new generation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role does a culture's 'asili' play in the culture's development?

    <p>It serves as the organizing principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the 'asili' incorporate or reject innovations?

    <p>Based on compatibility with its essential nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do most ordinary citizens in the United States view the law?

    <p>As a 'thing' with a corpus of rules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do many first-year law students expect to learn about the law?

    <p>How to manipulate a body of rules</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to popular belief, what is the relationship between 'law' and 'morality'?

    <p>'Law' and 'morality' are separate concepts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term closely aligns with the popular conception of the law as presented in the text?

    <p>Positivist law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In Eurocentric societies, which reasoning style is predominantly used?

    <p>Analytic reasoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main characteristic of analytic reasoning according to the text?

    <p>Breaking down an item into its constituent parts for separate examination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does the text suggest that some things cannot be divided through analytic reasoning?

    <p>They lose their integrity when divided</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does diunital reasoning tend to avoid?

    <p>Discriminatory treatments based on perceived differences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Ani, how did European males perceive themselves in relation to others?

    <p>As superior due to a polarizing hierarchy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Robert Armstrong suggest about the world in terms of contrasting pairs?

    <p>One term is always of greater value than its opposite</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main difference between natural law theory and positive law?

    <p>Positive law embraced power, while natural law theory imposed limits on the exercise of power.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How were slavery, colonialism, and racial genocide justified under natural law?

    <p>By Europeans believing in their contific nature of positivism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In relation to physical law and normative law, what does legal positivism discuss?

    <p>Law as it should be and the science of law.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who authored 'A Treatise of Human Nature'?

    <p>David Hume</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main focus of the Enlightenment philosophers in the 18th century?

    <p>Developing objective science, universal morality, and autonomous art.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Thomas C. Grey, what did European scholars' quest for reason and order lead to?

    <p>Codifying jurisprudence of the Enlightenment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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