SOSC 1910 Lecture Notes - Aryan Race, Affirmative Action, Quid Pro Quo

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1910
• Professor: Kerry Taylor

Document Summary

Promoting greater equality is a fundamental tenant of democracy. English magna carta ( 1215) the rule of law. Government under law constraints on the crown it gave the little guys a little bit more control. Supremacy of parliament over the crown ( 17th century) laws must be enacted according to known rules precedent: precedent - law is backward looking it ensures certainty, law will be predictable. Everyone is subject to the law everyone is equal before the law. Blind justice law is not concerned with personal characteristics. Our system of law wants to be objective, neutral, claims to be value free. Everybody is subject to the law everyone is equal before/under the law . This is supposed to bring more equality. The idea that likes should be treated alike. A system where we have two groups: have & have not"s.