AN101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Medieval Commune, Procedural Law
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Law is cultural knowledge that people use to settle disputes by means of agents who have the recognized authority to do so: ex. Although americans often think of courts as synonymous with the legal system, societies have a variety of structures for settling disputes: ex. Neighbors negotiate a settlement of dispute or a third party may mediate on the behalf (mediation) Substantive law: legal status that define tight and wrong: ex. It is illegal to bring liquor across the state line . Not all cultures had written law nor all rules are written: ex. More tramps are arrested for being drunk in public than a person of an upper class. Zapotec: case of the flirting husband: not supposed to talk/flirt to other women. Procedural law: agreed on ways to settle a dispute. First time offenders get a lower sentence than repeat offenders . A violation of a substance rule (ex.
