Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anomie, Quran, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
14 Mar 2016
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Dominant in europe: france, germany, italy, spain. Based on idea of roman civil law: aka. Attempts to regulate private relationships between individuals and the field of law. Laws based on: codified system: basic laws that are set out in codes, code: body of laws. Contain various statutes enacted by national parliament. English system: england, usa, canada, ireland, india. Law not based on acts of parliament: based on case law. 3 objectives: national security, maintaining social economic system. Law has economic task of developing the production and distribution of goods on the basis of socialist principles. Everyone is provided goods according to their needs: education. Role of courts: apply the law, not to create or interpret. Collapse of soviet union had implications for this system: introduction to new legal concepts: distinction between private and public ownership. 4 major sources of islamic law: koran. Word of god given to prophet: sunna. Sayings, acts and allowances of the prophet: judicial consensus.
