SOC 3730 Lecture 14: Courts and society notes
2 Dec 2016
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Courts (the types: family, traffic, civil, military, tax, youth, criminal* (state) Forms of law: civil, administrative, criminal or state. Legal element of a crime: some components are required. Legal process: legal training, types of arguments. Logical fallacy; ad hominem: law; important distinctions. Marxism: crime, classes; bourgeoisie and proletariat, enforcement and interpretation. Legitimacy; legal authority; appointment, procedures, rule of law, justice. Sexual assault example (link to feminism: changes in law, court (rape shield) Typologies (models) of decision-making: judge as a computer, judge as umpire or referee, judge as resolver of specific disputes, judge as a policy maker, judge as solomon. Liberal democracy: greek; demos and kratos, emphasizes. Equality; make sure people are treated equally and how we go about doing this. Benefit; maximize benefit for worst off (some cant contribute like they did before, provide reparations) Welfare; maximize all persons part of society or group.
