Society

• Pluralistic society


  Adopts many different cultures and beliefs
• 4 main roles of law on society

  • Protect
  • Persuade
  • Promote
  • Dispute
• Social norms


  Individuals who do not conform considered deviant
• Social norms


  • Smoking ban
  • Drink driving delegalized
• Society


  Can shape society through strikes
• Media


  • Sensationalism and moral panic created
  • Covid- toilet roll
• Media


  • Positive as it spreads awareness
  • Negative as it creates sensationalism
• Law


  Discourages disobedience and encourages conformity
• Social control


  • Formal- police
  • Informal- parents
• Realism


  • Right- tough formal social control
  • Left- strengthening informal social control
• Formal social control


  • Need more
  • More lenient- only act on very few burglaries
• Informal social control is not good as social media can endorse things which are deviant
• Theories


  • Consensus- Society agrees about what laws are needed
  • Conflict- society in constant conflict for limited resources
  • Labelling- law creates criminals when it labels an action as a crime
  • Legal realists- society moves faster than law. Can never be certain as it is always behind
• Consensus theory


  • Good as vast amount of society have similar views
  • Bad as people don't always agree on more sensitive topics eg abortion
• Labelling theory


  • Not good as it determines people from a young age. Self-fulfilling prophecy
  • Good as it clearly outlines right and wrong
• Societies influence and impact

  • Self defence
  • Brown
  • Media- just stop oil
  • OLA 84 trespassers protected
  • Article 11- protest
  • Article 5- Lady Hale- deprivation of liberty