LAWS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Feminist Theory, Legal Realism
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Key definitions and cases taken from tutorial group handouts. Victimless crime: example prostitution: considered a victimless crime because two consenting adults should be able to make a contract and exchange goods . Proper functioning : case re: sexually explicit material butler avenue video boutique in winnipeg the appeal calls into question the constitutionality of the obscenity provisions of the criminal code. Issue: terms indecent , immoral , and scurrilous are not defined in the criminal code interpretation attempt left to the role of the judiciary. The court must determine whether the sexually explicit material when viewed in context of the whole work would be tolerated by the community as a whole. Formal social control is characterized by explicit rules of conduct , planned use of sanctions to support the rules , and designated officials to interpret and enforce the rules, and often make them. Law is a form of formal control: dispute settlement.
