SOCIOL 2309 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Positive Law, Cierva C.6, Code Of Law
9 Sep 2016
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Appropriate for all modern systems of law: all groups of people living together in organized groups have at least some type of rudimentary rules for governing conduct. The six primary characteristics of culture and their relationship to law: beliefs. Beliefs ideas that we have about how the world operates and what is true and fair. May be about phenomena that are tangible and observable and things that are not. Beliefs about intangible, nonobservable phenomena such as religious and philosophical beliefs relating to ultimate questions. Laws are often enacted to support our most deeply held beliefs, and as beliefs change over time, so do the laws that support them: values. Values normative standards shared by the culture about what is good and bad, correct and incorrect, moral and immoral, normal and deviant. Shared values are important binding force; integrative mechanism: norms. Norms action component of a value or a specific patterning social behavior in ways consistent with those values and beliefs.
