LS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Change, Social Evolution
30 Nov 2016
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Growing use of law as a device of organized social action directed towards achieving social change: ex. Who you vote for: gay marriage, women being people. Indirect vs direct impact on society: minimum wage (direct impact, compulsory education (indirect impact) lower the rates of students dropping out at a certain age. Changed the workforce making a more educated workforce. Social change through legislation vs social change through litigation. Litigation: litigation is uncertain, don"t necessarily know what the outcome will be, risk. If you get an opinion contrary to what you want, decision will stick and become precedent. Institutionalization of patterns of behaviour: establishment of a norm with provisions for its enforcement. Internalization of patterns of behaviour: the incorporation of the value or values implicit in law. Denmark, the us (when you can point to a similar country with the same situation you may likely influence people)
