NATS 1675 Lecture 3: L3 Looking Back at the Law
4 Aug 2015
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Normal when you see something happening and it frequently reoccurs. The telling of the stories invokes certain social norms. The person telling the story gets to decide on which parts are important and which. Rule of law all people are equal under the law. Moral panic a disruption that threatens the social order of a society. Law as containment; restricts us from doing something. Clara ford shot and killed frank westwood (18 years old, from a well to do white family) Social norms certain ideas of what it means to be a woman murderer. Was able to get away with murder by manipulating her image. Appealed to male protection she didn"t have anyone to protect her from getting. Played on people"s assumption of what it is like to be a good woman duped she"s just an innocent woman . 18 year old woman from england, servant in the massey home.
