You have been selected as one of the finalists for a full scholarship to any law school worldwide - all tuition expenses, travel, and living allowance included. As part of the last phase of the selection process, each finalist has been asked to do a short essay aboutthe power of law. More specifically, finalists have been askedto offer their critical evaluation of the incredible depth and scope of influence the law has on questions of equality and discrimination, as well as, more generally, on people's everyday lives.How can one describe and understand the ways in which the law does more than punish wrong-doing, establish rules or even determine 'truth?' in short,how does the law operate as a 'hegemonic' force?

Drawing on the assigned readings by Douglas Litowitz ("Gramsci, Hegemony, and the Law." and Carole Smart Feminism and the Power of Law, as well as at least one other assigned article/chapter from the course.