SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Change, Substantive Law, Classical Liberalism
26 Oct 2015
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Social legal studies law & everyday life: legal. The difference between a law and custom is no one can legally make you obey a custom. It"s a rule not a law, example; walking on one side of the road. The threat of non negotiable force that is always there. example if you don"t show up to your court day. Law has 3 basic features: pressure- pressure to comply with law comes externally, threats of action by others, the threats always involve non negotiable force, those who have the power to issue- police, conflict and consensus perspectives. The consensus theory is a very popular approach to learning the law. Considers law as a neutral framework for maintain social integration. Order is temporary and unstable because every indie and group strives to maximize its own interests in a world of limited resources. The maintenance of order requires inducement and coercion.
