Law in Contemporary Society

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ExpandingBehaviorofLaw 3 - 16 Jun 2012 - Main.MeiqiangCui
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Expanding on the Behavior of Law

I wanted to examine the Behavior of the Law more closely to see what, if any, implications it has about law as a practice and lawyers in general.
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 Eben assigned it so that he could highlight the point that the law is a weak social force, and I think that is where the true value lies in the piece. Taking for granted that, as lawyers, we are looking to effect change in society, we should appeal to things outside of the law to see that change occur. Just like how Tharaud could get settlements simply by sending a complaint, solutions can be found without ever going through the formal legal process. So changing the stratification structure can be done by manipulating other social forces, too.

-- MatthewCollins - 13 Apr 2012

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>		The Behavior of Law makes me think from another perspective about crimes. Because deviant behavior is defined by social control in its quantity and style, crime rate probably cannot justifiable reflect a group’s dangerousness. We are all familiar with the argument that in order to protect criminals’ freedom of choice, they should be punished according to the laws. But due to the variation of laws in stratification and morphology, certain groups’ conduct is deemed more deviant than the other, which has no relation to individual psychology or freedom of choice. This article reminds me of Judge Day, when she has to sentence a teenager to years of imprisonment for theft.

-- MeiqiangCui - 6 June 2012


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