SOC216H5 Lecture 1: Soc216 - full
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The sociology of law is not jurisprudence. The sociology of law is not normative and moral orders: not talking about decisions and whether they are moral or not. Answer social facts in this course: who, what, when, where, why, and how, how do laws arrive where they are today (social contexts around the creation of law) Funnel of law: cases break down into decisions. Decisions can either lead to one being found guilty or not guilty. On the books cannabis is illegal and punishable. In action cannabis not always punished law (cid:523)e. g. conflict, strain, feminism, etc (cid:524: the behaviour of human groups in accordance to law, empirical study of law. The sociology of law relies on theories and data to understand. Why is there a disparity between blacks and whites in incarceration rates: go into a court room and observe the different parties (examine their. Why we study marx race, gender, economic class, etc (cid:524)
