AN4792020
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University of Central Punjab, Lahore**We aren't endorsed by this school
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GEO MISC
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Anthropology
Date
Jan 14, 2025
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Summer 2020 Exams Department of Anthropology The Summer 2020 exams took place during the closure of the LSE campus in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result, there were important changes to the assessment arrangements and instructions, which must be taken into consideration if using this exam paper to prepare for future assessments. The following aspects of the Summer 2020 assessments were the sameas exams set by the Department of Anthropology in regular years: •the type and style of exam question •the number of questions available to candidates The following aspects of the Summer 2020 assessments were different from exams set by the Department of Anthropology in regular years: •the duration of the exam (all Summer 2020 exams were organised as 7-day online assessments) •the number of questions that students were required to answer •the use of word limits •the requirement for citations and bibliographies •instructions on submissions
LSE ST2020/AN479 Page 1of 2Summer Assessment 2020 Assessment paper and instructions to candidates AN479 Anthropology of Law Suitable for all candidates Instructions to candidates This paper contains sevenquestions. Answer onequestion. Time Allowed Total duration of assessment: 7 days Recommended time to spend on assessment: No more than 8 hours Upper word limit: 3000 words You are supplied with: No additional materials You may also use: This is an open-book examination. Candidates are permitted to use any written material. Your essay should be between 2500 and 3000 words in length. The bibliography is not included in the word limit, but everything else is, including in-text citations, footnotes, and endnotes. Exam scripts over 3000 words will receive a penalty of 5 marks applied to the final grade. There is no penalty for writing less than 2500 words; however, this may indicate that your answer is not as well-developed as it could be. Your essay should include proper in-text citation with all quotes clearly indicated and attributed. A bibliography of texts cited in your essays is required. Failure to acknowledge where you have used the words or ideas of someone else may result in allegations of plagiarism. You must fully complete the coversheet provided for this assessment and submit it together with your essay in a single document. The document must be in .doc, .docx, or .pdf format. If you submit after the deadline (or an extended deadline if applicable), you will be penalised 5 marks for every half-day (12 hours), or part thereof, for the first 24 hours. After the first 24 hours, there will be a penalty of 5 marks per day, or part thereof. If you encounter issues with submission, you should immediately email anthro.admin@lse.ac.uk.
LSE ST2020/AN479 Page 2of 2Your essay should remain focused on addressing the question you have chosen to answer. You are encouraged, however, to make connections to relevant ideas and readings from across the course and demonstrate knowledge of a range of theoretical approaches and ethnographic materials as appropriate. Although you may also choose to draw on non-course readings in your answer, most of your discussion should demonstrate familiarity with and understanding of relevant readings from the course reading list.Assessment questions 1‘Legal pluralists’ processual understanding of the lawis unhelpful.’ Discuss. 2‘Law was the cutting edge of colonialism.’ What are the implications of this claim for understanding present-day conflicts? 3Critically assess the argument that cultural relativism has become a defeatist position to take on human rights. 4“One can understand at least some of the silencing of the client’s voice as the lawyer’s failure to recognize and implement the art and ethic of a good translator” (Cunningham). Discuss. 5‘Despite law’s claims to equality, it continues to produce substantive inequalities.’ Discuss this claim, drawing on readings from cultural justice AND/ORdebates on gender. 6Critically assess the argument that law has become a central tool for governing the insecurities generated by neo-liberal rule. 7What is meant by the claim that we are experiencing the rise of ‘crimmigration’? Answer using AT LEAST TWO ethnographic examples.