POLS-Y 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Larceny, Ron Goldman, Nicole Brown Simpson
Document Summary
Functions and kinds of law - week 2. Functions of law: proscription (law prohibits a range of activities) Malum prohibitum (wrong because prohibited: values (law promotes [and reflects] values) Law is a product of a society = it reflects values. Law creates desirable social values = it promotes values: predictability (law assures certainty) Law provides society with a sense of predictability re: What will happen if: benefits (law benefits individuals and groups) The government uses law to decide eligibility for social benefits, distribute benefits, and create (new) programs to benefit communities or social groups or individuals. Law holes society together - assures its cohesiveness. Functions of law = assure society"s cohesiveness through promoting and reflecting social values, making societal conduct predictable, distributing benefits to social groups, or individuals, and imposing proscriptions. Society = an aggregate of people who live together in a particular country (or region) Private (civil) law = governs relations between private citizens.
