LY100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Black Letter Law, Best Western, Procedural Justice
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Triangle- top offer right side bottom consideration, left bottom accepting. Payment/ the promise of money is called in law consideration. 24/7 the law is putting pressure on us. Laws have to understand that law is a social construction. Powerful people, such as government, rich people, white middle-aged men, privileged. Substantial law could also be referred as black letter law - makes up the body of our law policy, status, charters, constitutional. Procedural law- of how the law is enforced, adjudicated, and all the parties that are involved. An example of procedural justice is if you got a speed ticket but it was dated for the day ahead. Public law: criminal- justice has to be done and seen to be done is important is criminal law. One of the purposes in criminal law is deterrence: Specific- they are basically trapped and treated like animals while in jail, but when they are released they don"t how to live in society/community-
