SOC209H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Qualitative Sociology, Deterrence Theory
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Distance from origin to the act ex renewing license. Doesn"t appear for law to be there at all. Omnipresent. - everywhere you go law is there. Legal facts and you : syllabus, exam rules, plagiarism, missed test policy, (see attachment in bb) Rarely is the law a matter of active contemplation or calculation. Typically we become aware of the law and ourelation to it when formal law and te violence embedded in it make an appearance . How is violence embedded in the law legal consciousness: Sacred vs. profane profane: temporal, vertical, everyday focus on peoples experience of law. Understandings of law based on relationships, shared customs and habits and personal perceptions of identity. Consider responses of law: ignoring it, reconstructing it, unanticipated ways, Ewick and silbey legal consciousness is : participation- through words an deeds- in the construction of legal meanings, actions, practices and institutions.
