LWSO 201 Lecture Notes - Small Claims Court, Fatalism, Ethnocentrism

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Law and Society
• Course: LWSO 201
• Professor: Marywyatt Sindlinger

Document Summary

Problems: they do not have social support vagueness of the law e. g. grey area under what circumstances can the law affect social change and vice versa. Legal change as cause of social change society is changing faster recently because of technology advancement urbanization and change in communication transportation, education etc. Dror: law can be both a direct and indirect cause of social change indirect: law shapes institutions in society: direct: direct relationship between the law and social change. e. g. prohibition, drunk driving etc. Friedman: law can cause or create social planning or social disruption law can create new forms of behaviours or structure blocking existing social structure in society. Efficacy of law as social change: factors a) b) c) d) Introduce its rationale in terms that are understandable and compatible with existing values. Reference to other communities with which identify and where law is already in place. Aimed at making change in a relatively short time e) f) g) h)