[Sociology 2260A/B] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (22 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2260A/B
• Professor: Brenda Kobayashi

Document Summary

Laws govern our existence and every action. Every society throughout history had some form of rules by which people lived though, not all societies use a formal legal system. Developing nations lack formal property rights, ownership of property among 80% of the poor cannot be verified (soto, the mystery of capital) Traditional societies rely on village elders or other divine/moral authority for dispute resolution through mediation and conciliation. In some ways, these traditional methods are more effective means of social control because of the common interests and homogeneity of these small societies. The need for formal legal systems increases in modern, heterogenous societies because of their complexity. Law reflects the intellectual, social, economic, and political climate of its time. Legal culture: those attributes of behavior and attitudes that make one society different from that of another ex. Law of canadian inuit differs from the law of french canadians in quebec.