law and society AO3

• civil disobediance - within a pluralist society a difference of opinion can cause conflict - gay rights - how civil obediance can alter the law - toxteth and brixton riots - how civil disobediance is ineffective against the law
• moral panic - media portrays a moral panic to change public opinion - dangerous dogs act - moral panic
• folk devils - moves the blame away from politicians and government - using islamophobia to distract from brexit
• labelling theory - ignores further factors such as biology and personal responsibility - also labelling may lead to the development of subcultures which can turn into folk devils
• balencing conflictign interests - legal realism - courts may perfer public interests to private ones - article 5 right to liberty however it is a limited right so it can be reduced if the state see fit - contrasting individual opinion