Sociology 3360F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Adversarial System, The Stereotypes, Social Order
8 Oct 2018
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Law has no meaning or relevance outside of society. It both shapes and is shaped by the society in which it functions. It protects, controls, burdens, and liberates humans, non-human animals, nature, and inanimate physical objects. Like the humans who make it, law is biased, noble, aspirational, short- sighted, flawed, messy, unclear, brilliant, and constantly changing. If you think that law is merely a set of rules to be taught and learned, you are missing the beauty o The duality of law: objective and neutral (separated from those who create it, little more than appearances. In terms of its theoretical ideals and how this changes when put into practice: neutral laws that have hidden agendas. Ideological discourse that is shaped by and reflective of the interests and experiences of those in powerful positions: multiculturalism, an empirical fact, an ideology, a formal policy, a set of practices, a critical discourse.
