SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Determinative

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1375
• Professor: Olena Kobzar

Document Summary

Laws grow from customs, social behavior and norms (mostly from christianity) Law draws a boundary of acceptable and not acceptable. Two or more legal systems coexisting together in one geographic area at the same time. What is law: normative order within a social group. 718. 2e) in 1996: specifically instructs judges to look for alternatives in imprisonment for aboriginal people. R. v. gladue (1999: women pregnant went to party, thought her boyfriend was cheating with her sister, she gets angry and stabs him in the heart (ironic) and he dies. Does this mean that aboriginals should get lighter sentences than non-aboriginal offenders: not necessarily. Importance of elders: they are wiser and used for knowledge on issues because they can provide perspective. Harmony as an overriding principle in disputes and creation stories (cid:862)non-guilty plea(cid:863) to a (cid:272)harge for (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h a person is responsi(cid:271)le for in western tradition = not dishonest and in aboriginal tradition = dishonest.