Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Public Law, Eye For An Eye, Homicide
26 Feb 2020
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Numerous and varied definitions based on different perspectives and disciplines. Customs: rules of conduct that have been around for a long time and are observed and followed without thinking. Conventions: rules that involve a sense of duty or obligation. Individuals enforce law coercively under authority of the state. Donald black argues that 4 styles of social control are represented in law: We have a duty to obey these laws because it is for the greater good. Mores: universally followed behaviour that is right or wrong for everyone. Folkways: ordinary customs and conventions specific to a culture or group that can change or evolve over time. Created to deal with situations as they arouse. Mores and folkways were eventually written into formal laws. One of the first known bodies of law in 2000bc by king dungi of sumer. Later adopted (stolen) by king hammurabi 1792 and 1750. More focused on harm to body than harm to mind.
