CRI215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jeremy Bentham, Collective Behavior
19 Jan 2020
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Test boundaries of what law means and how it shapes our lives. Respond in a concise way to a long list of questions to answer. Explain how applied reading relates to the theoretical reading. List two questions that the readings raised for you. State and explain one point (critique, interpretation, counterargument, extension) Can be not legal anymore because it doesn"t comply with our understanding of social life. Norms = conventions, social rules, culture patterns of collective behavior, Problem of border between law and norms informal rules we feel we need to follow to belong, laws cast by non legislative bodies (plagiarism rules, utsu rights) What the law is depends on who, what and when you are asking. St. thomas aquinas: force of a law depends on the extent of its justice. Jeremy bentham (founders of legal positive theory): law is what authorities say it is, if it goes through parliament and legal processes, then it is law.
