CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jeremy Bentham, Social Forces, John Stuart Mill
9 May 2016
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Key foundational questions underlying the study of crime, law, and society, such as: Jurisprudential approach- congress/legislator passed a law saying something was illegal; actions by a legislator or regulatory activity. Social theory/approach- social forces lead society to adopt certain laws. Psychological theory/approach- political beliefs are a determining factor; we favor certain laws based on our individual upbringing. Durkheim- law is the product of social consensus (shared values) Marx- law is a tool used by the dominant elite to protect their own economic interest. Weber- laws is a result of a formal and rational process of deliberation. Utilitarianism: stuart mill & jeremy bentham (social reformers) pg 34 & 48. Happiness is the only thing that has intrinsic value- do what brings pleasure and prevents pain. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness john stuart mill. Happiness = pleasure, and the absence of pain.
