Sociology 3260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Safe Sex, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Distracted Driving

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 3260A/B
• Professor: Dale Ballucci

Document Summary

Sources of law and law-making processes: constitutional law; statute law, common law; admin. Law referred to as scholars as a loaded term. Hc system (sti, abortions, etc. : political and economic interests, governed by social norms/laws. Types of law: domestic law law of single nation (ex. Individual or group wanting to sue another individual or group (ex. neighbour sues because your dog is constantly barking) Affects society as whole (public) or individual (private: civil law private law that deals w/ disputes between parties or negligence & codified law (ex. Bill cosby case), no crim record monetary response, usually has form of payment (other examples include child support, common law couples debating ownership, medical malpractice) Sources of law: constitutional law executive, judicial, and leg law. Judiciary federally elected judges; administers law (interpret and apply the law: federal parliament deals with issues concerning the whole (ex. crim.