1. Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence-Michael Freeman — Chapter 8: Sociological Jurisprudence and the Sociology of Law 2. The Growth of the Law: Benjamin N. Cardozo — Chapter IV: The function and the ends of law BOOK CHAPTER REVIEW: INSTRUCTIONS 1. FORMAT & STYLE ➔ Your review should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12-point font, with 1 inch margins on all sides. ➔ Your review should begin with a bibliographic citation of the book(s) you are reviewing, and this ought also to be double-spaced.If you are unaware of the price of the book, you can typically find this information at the publisher’s website. Follow the format of the example below: Mark Anthony Neal Looking for Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities. New York, NY: New York University Press. 2013. 207 pp. $24.00 (paper). ISBN: 9780814758366. ➔ Instead of italics, please underline book chapter titles, and other text you wish to appear italicized in your review. ➔ Please adhere to the assigned length limits for your review: Minimum words: 700 words, Maximum words: 1400 ➔ Citations to work not under review are discouraged. When absolutely necessary, include the cited references at the end of the review. ➔ Use direct quotes sparingly, and avoid quoting sources other than the book chapter under review. When quoting the book, be sure that the quote appears exactly as it did in the original and include the page number(s) as in the following example (note the underlined word, indicating an italicization in the quoted work): “There is very little to endorse any overall masculinity in the crisis thesis other than to say that Masculinity is perhaps partially constituted as a crisis” (p. 24). ➔ Your name and roll number will appear at the beginning of your review beneath the reference for the book chapter being reviewed (see above) and with left justified alignment. Your name should be underlined and in ALL CAPS, and your institutional affiliation should be underlined as well. Please also state the word count at the outset of your review as in the following example: BETSY H. ACADEMIC 21 BAL/BBL00 (723 words) 2. BOOK CHAPTER REVIEW: MARKING CRITERIA How does your book chapter review demonstrate that you have acquired the knowledge, understanding and skills of the relevant learning outcomes of the module. ➔ Thecriteriaagainstwhichastudent'sworkwillbemarkedfallintofivecategories: ➔ 1. Knowledge and understanding: [Does your work demonstrate a thorough and accurate understanding of the book chapter and its wider subject matter?] ➔ 2.UseofAdditionalsources:[Haveyouusedagoodrangeofappropriatesources–inadditionto the book chapter– in your work? Have you used your sources – including the book chapter being reviewed – effectively as evidence for your argument and reasoning?] ➔ 3. Critical thinking, reasoning and analysis: [ Does your work show your ability to identify issues and think critically about them? Are you able to make relevant connections between different points?] [Your reactions to the work under review: what strikes you as noteworthy, whether or not it was effective or persuasive, and how it enhanced your understanding of the issues at hand] 4. Structure: [Is the structure of your review clear?] [The structure to be followed will be mentioned in the Module] ➔ 5. Presentation: [Is your writing clear, using appropriate vocabulary, correct grammar and spelling?] 3. READING FOR A BOOK CHAPTER REVIEW Every book chapter has its own architecture—some more standard than others. A large argument is based upon the coherent linking together of several smaller arguments, each of which is argued through the exposition of some findings or theoretical analysis that prove the point. As you read, it’s a good idea to keep track of a few things that will be helpful in writing a review. ➔ Whatisthereallybigargumentthattheauthoristryingtomake? ➔ What are the small arguments that the author claims add up to the larger argument? Are you convinced that the larger idea the author is forwarding is held up by these smaller arguments? Why or why not? (This is also a good place to consider any key terms that the author uses or has coined to address a given issue or phenomenon. How do they add to our existing understandings?) ➔ Doesthebookhaveaclearandsignificantargumentandmethodology? ➔ What types of evidence does the author rely on to demonstrate his or her central claims? Are you convinced? Why or why not? As you read for these elements in the book(s) you’re reviewing, a good book chapter review is already taking shape. Summarizing these central elements of a book chapter is the essence of a great book chapter review. 4. WRITING A BOOK CHAPTER REVIEW ➔ Below is a rough guide to writing book chapter reviews. The guide is not intended to be used verbatim necessarily (though you are welcome to if you find it helpful); rather, it is better thought of as a list of best practices. ➔ 1. Introductory Paragraph: Situate the author and the book chapter within larger scholarly frames of reference. What is at stake here? Why should scholars be interested in this work? Grab the reader’s attention right away, locating the book chapter in established debates and controversies. ➔ 2. Get to the point right away. Within the first 2 paragraphs, it’s important to try to explicitly state the primary argument of the book chapter. E.g., “Smith’s main argument revolves around/centers on/is...” What is the larger point of this book chapter and why should readers care? ➔ 3. Within the third and fourth paragraphs, you should be getting at the scaffolding of the larger argument of the book chapter. A good rule to try to follow is to present authors’ findings in ways that you believe the author would find fair. ➔ 4. Does it add up for you? Within the 4th or 5th paragraph—and after explaining to readers what the book chapter is actually about—you can write about whether or not you are convinced by the author’s arguments? Presenting critiques in fair and kind ways goes a long way here. But, it is a chance for you to disagree with the claims of the book chapter if you feel they are inaccurate, overstated, misguided, or something else. Conversely, this is also a space in which you can explain why you loved the book chapter, and what specifically you found so interesting, convincing, or revolutionary about the argument or idea. ➔ 5. Concluding Paragraph—Exit a review by returning to the biggest issues at stake in the book chapter. Readers ought to finish your review with a good sense of where this book chapter fits with other work in the field. You provide this information to help the reader situate the book chapter relative to ongoing theory and research. .