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WDW101Y1 Lecture : WDW387 January 10 2012.docx

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19 Apr 2012
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UTSG
Department
Woodsworth College Courses
Course
WDW101Y1
Professor
William Watson

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January 10 - lecture 1 - introduction to morality and the law. Direct regulations and planning laws e. g. muslim attaining special zoning positions in planning board/law; provides opportunities for neighbourhood to complain, allows prejudice. Principles of socio-legal studies: law does not have fixed boundaries and cannot be grasped statistically; law as a discipline e. g. economics involved, politicians attending law school etc. When does the law kick in? e. g. youth charged but not sentenced. E. g. medical document turns legal under certain circumstances like inheritance: sociolegal studies includes study of informal law, customary law and private law. E. g. university codes of conduct (private law), unwritten rules for conduct in crowded spaces (informal law), rules governing dress. Private law applies to small institutions e. g. like gated community residence members, universities. Suggested reading: official graffiti (hermer and hunt, law and society review: legal regulation is inherently pluralistic; many systems of rules overlap.

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