SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Real Crime, Industrial Revolution, Neoliberalism
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Durkheim, weber, and marx is sociology a science: is it about revealing cause and effects, neutrality and objectivity kind of make it objective by legitimizing what they say. Make it an equation to talk about social relations and understand social relations in some ways mirrors law"s claim to this law strives to be neutral and objective, but doesn"t always do this. Or when you are in the process of doing sociology, should you be engaging in critique as well? praxis: combining theory with action, struggle for social justice. More to play than just a neutral observer. Natural law vs. legal positivism: some philosopher"s think that law comes from some higher power like. Man made or beyond man: conflict is more philosophical take, consensus is more sociological what is the purpose of the law, why do we obey law, why do we have laws, what does law reveal about society.
