CRJU301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: The Slippery Slope, Slippery Slope, Utilitarianism
22 Dec 2016
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How to behave in church or shaking hands when you meet someone. Smaller groups and associations boy scouts of america the scout. Foundation on which the movement is built written and unwritten law by which men try to live. Behavior toward people with whom you come in contact with. Follow a code of conduct trustworthy, honor, loyal, helpful, friendly, etc. Law = any form of social control, laws on the books, rules that we live by, norms that are generally accepted. Sanctions formal or informal (jail vs. shunning) Broad anything that makes us conform behavior and that carries sanctions (formal or informal) is law. Not all social expectations of control can be rendered law. Law doesn"t exist until informal social controls break down: when they break down the rules become formalized and institutions are created to enforce expectations. Only when informal controls break down and formal rules/structures/institutions form do we have law.
