LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Substantive Law, Canadian Judicial Council, Feminist Legal Theory
18 Oct 2016
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Regulates the political system by modulating relations of power. It regulates the use and definition of space (private, public, military, indigenous) It regulates the use and dimensions of relationships (interpersonal, sexual, marital, professional, business, political) It regulates your birth, education, sex life, marriage, salary, freedom, traveling, and death. Protects ownership and define the boundaries (private and public properties) Customs as sources of law (elders, figures of authority moral/sacred: homogenous society, proximity of interests, kinship ties. Modern industrial societies, kinship and custom are replaced by: more mobile social positions associated with salary work , common interests challenged by pluralism (the good life, cultures, religions and beliefs) As a result: the prospect for conflicts increase . The need for more robust and complex system of formal and universal rules (criminally, trade) To provide: predictability, continuity, settling disputes. Law is connected to culture: specific ideas, aspiration, values and context of a society.
