Media, Information and Technoculture 2156A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Parliamentary Sovereignty, Private Law, Public Law

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Rules that govern society that are implemented and enforced by the state. Laws are amoral they don"t have to have a moral component to them. If we never do anything which has not been done before, we shall never get anywhere. The law will stand still whilst the rest of the world goes on; and that will be bad for both the law cannot lag too far behind, or move too far ahead, of the attitudes of society at large. Law and justice contrast each other rare for each parties of a dispute to both be happy at the end the lawyer and the judge see the system as being just at large. Justice is elusive: commonly means that pov on a particular issue that i hold myself. If we prioritize transactions, c keeps the watch. If we prioritize property, a keeps the watch: which one is morally right? (no one knows) The law is a largely idealist project.