SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Canada Act 1982, Squeegee
23 Nov 2013
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The calendar will soon be chock full of bills, many of which had been voted down by previous parliaments. Conservatives have a majority, all this legislation will pass . Reequip the state with powers to fight terrorism. We live in a complex society with millions of people where we can"t rely on individual people to regulate communities or groups. There are other really important institutions to regulate our behaviour as well. There are other ways where those same expectations can be met. A rational means for protecting the members of society from social harm. Law as a restatement of customs enforced by legal. A crystallization of custom, of the existing normative order. Laws are passed because they represent the voice of the institutions people. Marriage laws have changed as well is. The origin of law is traced to the emergence of an elite class. Laws, as a social control mechanism, perpetuate the advantageous positions of the elites.
