LS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1, 3, 5 & 7: Rein, Informal Social Control, Bloomberg Businessweek
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Two ideal conceptions of society are consensus and con ict perspectives: consensus: society is functionally integrated, stable and held together by a consensus of values. Society is united by agreement on fundamental norms and values (e. g canada: con ict: society consisting of con ict and held together by coercion. Law is an instrument of repression, perpetuating the interest of the powerful. Law is a neutral framework for maintaining societal integration. Recognition and satisfaction of human wants, claims and desires through law. Law is a form of social change directed toward achieving social harmony . Law is a neutral agent that gives rewards and punishment without bias. Law is an instrument of repression employed by the ruling class" for their own bene t. It"s an expression of interest, an outgrowth of internal con ict of interests . Supports some interests at the expense of others. Society has diversity, con ict, coercion and change.
