LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Universal Law, Finite Difference
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For a long time in canada, our constitution was based on conventions! *****not all societies have same view on law! Exemple: french societies have very strong law (written law) compared to rst nation. Indicator of what was happening in a society at that time! ** for french nations= if there s no written law, there are no rules\laws. Sociology questions = how order is maintained in a society\ by society! Adopts an arti cial "black and white" view of the word! a. ! No in-between\are or are not ( did or did not do it)! Living law: customs and habits, rooted in norms or community \ "legal counssiouness"! Image of what exists= how people in a society live. Pressure or threats must be external from some other sources! Those who enforce these must have of cial role to enforce the law! Customs : rules in defenite situation of relatively long duration and are observed without deliberation and done " without thinking"!
