SOSC 2350 Lecture : SOSC 2350 - November 26.docx
17 Dec 2013
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Intention of the law is to create greatest good that support greatest number of people. Law should intervene with society because it is making positive changes. Sees confidence in the power of law to create change. Law is an authority for bentham and society credibility and weight behind the law. People obey the law even if they do not agree with it because it serves a greater good or justice or because they fear disobeying the law. Confidence in a sense of benefit of the law stability. People behave a certain way because they somehow agree that this is the best way to function: this then becomes formulized in the law, something has to be established through several years. Law follows society and social change: suggests law is a popular creation made in interaction among citizens. Law determined by justice and the way things ought to be.
