Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sexual Assault, E. Adamson Hoebel, Consolidated Laws Of New York

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2260A/B
• Professor: Georgios Fthenos

Document Summary

Permeates all forms of social behavior/ all parts of society. Governs all behavior and actions: examples: Determines distribution of possessions at death, regulate marriage and divorce, driving, food and entertainment. Maintain the status quo: subordinate/superior in situations. All societies throughout history have had legal systems. Formal legal system: court system: some developing societies do not have formal legal systems. Apply to less advanced societies that are based on custom and/or tradition: custom: source of legal rules, disputes resolved through mediation (village elders or divine authority, homogeneous the same. Due to this, non-legal and often times, informal mechanisms of social control are generally effective. Apply to more advanced societies rely on systems of formal and universal legal rules. As societies become more modern and complex, homogeneity turns into. Heterogeneity different: face-to-face interactions less important, no longer intimate, kinship ties not as important, greater likely hold of allocations (divisions) of resources, more competition over goods, development of trade and industry.