LAWS 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Self-Defense, Corpus Juris Civilis, Browse Wrap
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Explicit rules of conduct written down and codified. Explicit rules of conduct - retained and communicated in oral medium. Planned use of sanctions to support rules: certainty, celerity and severity. Designated officials to interpret and enforce the rules. Conformity and rationality (morals and the feeling of being watched) Legal system: formalized, defined, and rational: laws should be applied equally and fairly. Formality: set of standards in a legal system when rules must apply. Rationality: when the legal system applies fairly and equally. Capitalism and how these structures control society. Social location allows people to see how the system treats people. Therefore the 1% thinks everything is fine. State mediated justice is not possible (state is responsible) Believes in force and order: adamson hoebel. Theory: thinks western law can be adopted around the world as there are similar structures. Western constructs of law into non western cultures. Systems of social control and predicted reactions.
