SOSC 1375 Lecture 1: Lecture One
13 Sep 2016
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Not the study of law, not how the law is written, but how did the laws change and why they were there in the first place. Socio-legal studies is interested in the relationship of law to society: both in the sense of how social norms and value underlie existing law, and in how law acts to shape social interactions and social change. Law is a socially embedded institution, and the letter of the law may be much less interesting than the reasons for its existence. Substantive law - consists of all laws that set out the rights and obligations of persons. Procedural law - outlines the steps and procedures involved in protecting and enforcing the rights given under substantive law, i. e. the rules of court, etc. Public law regulates the relationships between the state and individuals, or between states. Civil law - regulates the personal relationships between two private parties. Criminal law state defined prohibitions with penalties.
