CRIM 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Self-Determination, Individual And Group Rights

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 332
• Professor: Nicole Myers

Document Summary

Crim 332 - lecture 1 - morality, rights talk and law. Culture of rights & regulation of morality. Part 1 - classical & contemporary social theories. Part 2 - socio legal issues & examines issues in light of context of government regulation. Develop ability to critically examine regulation of contemporary socio-legal issues. Law is much more than what is written in books & more than what legislatures have written down & what courts have decided. Influenced by variety of factors outside of what was written down. Law touches on virtually all aspects of our life. Difficult to define what law is b/c means diff things to diff scholars. Development of legal institutions, social control, regulation, social construction, Interaction of law, legal institutions, legal behaviour social change. Trying to understand what law does/doesn"t do/capable of doing. At any moment, diff actions considered legal/illegal. Allowed prohibition of liquor if majority support. Diverse interpretations & defs of legal behaviour.