Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Purposive Approach, Statutory Interpretation, System On A Chip
23 Apr 2017
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[it] is impossible to avoid the socio-ethical dilemmas that continuously arise in the operation of legal systems. Individuals and groups within a society, including legal functionaries themselves, nd it necessary to make ethical choices regarding legal matters . These choices-which-, in turn, in uence the actual shaping of the legal system and hence help to determine that which we are concerned with studying empirically are not easy to make. There are always con icting interpretations and alternative conclusions that can be reached. Ethical choices legal actors make regarding questions of justice. Ways these choices sometimes con ict with the logical thinking that is thought to guide legal decision-making. Law"s relationship with society is reciprocal (how law affects society and how society affects law) Law is a self-contained system of logic. Independent from society no reciprocal relationship in this view. x. This is the view that is taught in law schools.
