SOC323H5 Lecture : Lecture #2
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What is the law on a particular issue. Assumes that law posses certain features by its very essence. Religion abortion (some don"t, some do) Social conceptions (don"t break into houses, give money at weddings) Explanation of how law is different from these similar normative domain. Whether its" intelligibility depends on such other normative orders. This is how the law is studied in law schools. From sociological perspective is what we are going to utilize in this course, law will be explored as an element of social control. This means we will be looking at a type of order that law provides. We hope to both understand, the function of law in society and the nature of that function. Spectacular justice: the circus on trial and the trial as circus, Pf 3698 in 1901: 3161 listed as english, irish and scottish. The largest non-anglo ethnic group were the germans, 225. Controlled spectacle of the other affirmed social cohesion.
