You have been selected as one of the finalists for a full scholarship to any law school in the world — all tuition, living expenses, travel and a living allowance included.

1. You have been selected as one of the finalists for a full scholarship to any law school in the world — all tuition, living expenses, travel and a living allowance included. As part of the last phase of the selection process, each finalist has been asked to write a short essay about the power of law. More specifically, finalist have been asked to 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 titled Gra msci, Hegemony, and the Law, and Carole Smart titled Feminism and the power of law— (Cha pter 1 pages 4-25), formIthe requested essay.