Sociology 2260A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1,2,3,8: Endangerment, Regulatory Offence, Androcentrism

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

Document Summary

Summary in sociology, the study of law touches on a variety of well-established areas of inquiry. It incorporates values, ideologies, social institutions, norms, power relations and social processes. Since the second world war, there has been a growing interest in law among sociologists both in this country and elsewhere. Some of the topics addressed in the study of law and society include effectiveness of law, impact of law on society, methods of dispute resolution and research on judicial / legislative / administrative processes. A distinction is made also between public law and private law, as well as between civil law and criminal law. Sociological analyses of law and society are generally based on two ideal views of society consensus and con ict perspectives. The former considers society as a functionally integrated, relatively stable system held together by basic consensus of values.