Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Stink Bomb, Ten Commandments, Roman Law
4 Oct 2016
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Mores: universally followed behaviours ex: not murdering is a more. Folkways: culturally prescribed conventions within given society: changes across cultures. In early society, law based on both folkways and mores, but nothing formalized and no prescribed punishments. Set out for first time crime and their correction. Emphasis on retribution: lex talonis (eye for an eye) Severity of punishment based on class standings ex: slave: executed, free man: loss of a limb. Focused on theft, property ownership, sex relationships and interpersonal violence (assault, murder) Made sure church and god maintained power. Commission of ten men who sat down to rewrite law. Pressure from lower class to change law: unlimited power to upper class. Basic rules regulating family, religion and economic strife"s : contracts between landowners and land workers. Private : civil system, family life (domestic violence: distinguished for first time. Range from personal deviance and cosmic level : something happening because of karma: god and evil because of.
