Sociology 2266A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Motor Vehicle Theft, Oversampling, Cherry Picking
25 Oct 2013
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Basic idea of what is right and wrong (ie. basic morality) Traditions, mores and folkways taught acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. Evidence of laws in some societies, but overlapped with religion: 10 commandments (judaism & christianity, the code of hammurabi. Laws and punishments were displayed on a rock in the middle of babylon. Believed good and evil were supernatural forces and that they played a role in the lives of humans: alexander the great the third beast & the two horned one who will revenge the. Earth with satan: attila the hun scourge of god . Revenge is okay in an eye for an eye matter. Crime was considered a sin you made the conscious decision to sin against god and you will live an immoral life. Laws protect the bureaucracy/aristocracy and not the peasants. Appearance of common law: tradition of unwritten legal precedents used as guidelines in the administrative of justice.
