SOC109 Lecture 10

• SOC 109 F24 - Legal Consciousness2.pdf

• Not law and society

  • Law in society
  • Law has place in texts, bills, etc.
  • We don't rely on looking at every single law or part of the criminal code to understand if something is legal or not.
  • We use common sense.
    • Approximate
    • Imperfect

• Terms and conditions

  • Have to be airtight to avoid legal loopholes

• What piece of logic fits for which situation?

• Religious overtones that the law produces?

  • Seek validation from the law
  • Also seek validation from your religion
  • Is the law the reason why we should do something or not?

• Before the law

  • Overpolicing
  • SOC 109 F24 - Legal Consciousness2.pdf
  • SOC109 Readings 10

• With the law

  • The game is the rules.
  • When you play the game, you're playing the rules.

• Against the law

  • Joker