LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Constitution Act, 1982, English Law, Legal Culture
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It regulates the use and definitions of relationships (interpersonal, sexual, marital, professional, business, political) It regulates your birth, education, sex life, marriage, salary, freedom, traveling and death. The need for more robust and complex system of formal and universal rules (criminality, trade) Definition of law: pragmatic definitions: to define law by court-rendered decisions, the role of judges, sociologist definition of max weber (see p. 8): as distinct from conventions and customs: Penal: the deviant is viewed as a violator of a prohibition and an offender to be subjected to condemnation and punishment. Compensatory: a person is considered to have a contractual obligation and therefore, owes the victim restitution. Therapeutic: the deviants conduct is defined as abnormal, the person needs help, such as treatment. Conciliatory: deviant behavior one side of a social conflict in need of resolution without consideration as to who is right or who is wrong. In addition to types of law, there are a variety of legal systems:
