SOSC 1375 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sixties Scoop, Legal Realism, Indigenous Rights

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States that the law is neutral, benevolent and tolerant to all regardless of any characteristics they possess. States that law and morality are and must remain as 2 separate entitles. Morality is defined as the separation between right and wrong while law is like a living tree; grows and changes to provide security for the society. The law does not have to respect or follow moral standards to be considered legal or valid. Law and morality do not easily harmonize. The law cannot reflect the moral code because there isn"t a general agreement on the rights and wrongs, because of this the law must step out of morality because it cannot match/influence the moral beliefs of a whole society. Example: the nazi nuremberg laws, the laws legalizing and perpetuating anti- Semitic views and beliefs in nazi germany: excluded the jews from german life, as well as took away some of their natural rights.