LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Nils Christie, Jury Nullification, E. Adamson Hoebel
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Law involves coercion, because it is concerned with how subjects ought to act in given sets of circumstances when different actions are possible . Weber: authorized imposition of physical or psychological coercion to direct behavior our avenge wrongdoing. Marx: application of coercion to maintain relationships of exploitation. Black: coercion is applied to ensure people conform or to avenge violation. Hoebel: a social norm is legal if its neglect or infraction is regularly met, in threat or in fact, by the application of physical force by an individual or group possessing the socially-recognized privilege of so-acting . All law/legal systems perform 4 essential law jobs . The definition of relationships among members of society. The allocation of authority and the right to exercise physical coercion as a socially-recognized privilege-right. The disposition of trouble cases as they arise. To adapt to change in social life and redefine relationships accordingly. Illustrates performance of law jobs by cheyenne law and legal system.
