SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Prentice Hall, Settler Colonialism, Cultural Genocide

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1000
• Professor: Colline Terry

Document Summary

Creation social inequality by the hands of law. Law affects many aspects of human life as it can be seen as an institution in society. Power of law comes from its authority because it is institutionalized (keatings, 2016). Most countries have some sort of formal, or informal, legal system which handle the declaration, alteration, administration, and enforcement of rules by which people live (vago & nelson, These citizens include minorities, youth, seniors, immigrants, and many others. Yet, this is not the case in many developing and developed countries around the world. The legal system is characterized by and reinforces social and economic inequality between groups in society. Social inequality is created when unequal opportunities and rewards exist in society for different social position and economic inequality is existent when differences can be found in the economic well-being of individuals or groups in society.