SOC216H5 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 SOC216
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Functionalist theory: emile durkheim (sept. 14: societies exist based on common moral order, which requires solidarity. Pre/non-industrial societies vs. industrialized, modern societies: law(cid:495)s role in society: it reflects morals, and it creates social order. Themes that are in all of these theories: structure of society shapes structure of law, law evolves. [legal rational] (cid:494)the system(cid:495) of rules , {showing a belief of the rules for a. An activity or institution is rational when it is extensively and deliberately organized around pursuing a recognized goal in contrast to emotion or a belief in fate, magic, or religion. A scalable, complex form of organization in which impersonal positions and offices are structured within a hierarchy, according to general rules: how to compose and achieve goals and orders social life. Legal-rational authority: government said it(cid:495)s to big , having orders and have all these rules, power isn(cid:495)t personalized (cid:498)a government of law , not men(cid:499)
