Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: E. Adamson Hoebel, Legal Culture, Law Society

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2260A/B
• Professor: Georgios Fthenos

Document Summary

Universal rules (laws in place: common interests decline more special interests, less on face to face interactions, more concern with oneself rather than community, greater prospect for trouble/ dispute, we need explicit regulatory and enforcement. Law is but a response to social needs (hoebel 1954:292) Laws reflect the society of its time (economically and socially) As society becomes more complex you need law to govern its citizens. Talking about how the law reflects certain social contexts i. e. social, economic, political climate of its time. Time and place very much impacts the legal culture of society: theme: moving from traditional to modern societies> societies become more complex, and comes a need for legal social control (this theme carries through the entire course) Law and sociology: the disciplines of law and sociology, related areas of study. Values, norms, morality, interpersonal relations, social processes. Interested in the study of conflict and conflict resolution. Want to define the mechanisms of social control.