SOC216H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Henry James Sumner Maine, Income Tax, Mechanical And Organic Solidarity
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The general principle of law is held at some divine standard, where people tend to avoid taking into account the constant missteps that occur, and deem those as deviances . Scholarship about the theory and philosophy of law. Interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary research about law on the books and law in action. Sociological theories and data that explain people"s perceptions and behaviors regarding the law. Formal, written legal statues, legislation acts, courts decisions and regulations as well as rules for their enforcement. Any decisions, activities, or perceptions of individuals and organizations regarding which law or legal consequences might be relevant and important. In other words: what people and organizations actually do and understand about the law, how law operates in those situations. This concept assumes the meaning and influence of law are flexible. The idea that different types of societies produce, or at least coincide with, different types of law.
