CRIM 135 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Nulla Poena Sine Lege, Roger Cotterrell, Paul Bohannan
12 Jan 2017
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Law is the skeleton structuring our lives. Attitudes toward law define us as citizens of our society. Law is malleable human creation reflecting movements of political actors & changing social mores & influencing actors & mores. Indiv perceptions of justice & injustice define r/s as citizens to state. Cheffin & tucker view law as simply subdivision of larger political process. Waddam - said law exists to maintain delicate balance b/w rights of indiv & rights of society. 5 definitions of meaning of law w/i our culture. Law is a set of rules which are generally obeyed and enforced within a politically organized society (professor philip james, introduction to english law . Law is a rule established in a community by authority or custom; a body of such rules; the controlling influence of or obedience to this; the subject or study of such rules (the oxford reference dictionary)
