SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Determinative
12 Feb 2013
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Laws grow from customs, social behavior and norms. Law draws a boundary of acceptable and not acceptable. Legal pluralism: two or more legal systems coexisting together in one geographic area. 718. 2e): specifically instructs judges to look for alternatives in imprisonment that are reasonable in circumstances of all offenders with. Particular attention to the circumstances of aboriginal offenders . Stabbed her boyfriend because she thought he was sleeping with her sister. Harmony as an overriding principle in disputes and creation stories. Non guilty plea to a charge for which a person is responsible for in western tradition = not dishonest and in aboriginal tradition = dishonest. Penalties for crimes carried out by the whole clan. Answer: harmony as an overriding principle upon which aboriginal society/law was build. Everyone is seen as responsible for one s self. Murder in western tradition an offence against the state. Murder in aboriginal tradition an offence against the family/clan of the victim.
