DEFINITIONS OF LAW
Who defined law as “the command of a sovereign”?
Who is John Austin?
According to Friedman, nothing impacts our lives more than what?
What is the law?
What type of law defines rights and responsibilities?
What is substantive law?
Name one of the three main functions of law.
What is social control, dispute settlement, or social change?
Which legal system is based on English case law?
What is common law?
Donald Black defined law as what?
What is governmental social control?
Law determines registration at what two events in life?
What are birth and death?
What type of law concerns how substantive law is enforced and applied?
What is procedural law?
What function helps maintain order in society?
What is social control?
Which system is derived from Roman law and uses written codes?
What is civil law?
According to Weber, what element guarantees law?
What is coercion enforced by a specialized staff?
Traditional societies rely heavily on what type of social control?
What is informal social control?
Substantive law can be found in statutes or what?
What is precedent/common law?
What function settles disagreements through legal allocation of rights?
What is dispute resolution?
What is the religious legal system based on the Koran?
What is Islamic/Sharia law?
Name one feature of law that distinguishes it from customs and conventions
What is external pressure, coercion, or specialized personnel?
As societies grow larger and more complex, what increases?
What is the likelihood of conflict and need for formal regulation?
Procedural law regulates the methods of what?
What is applying, enforcing, or changing law?
Law may induce this to improve society.
What is social change?
Legal precedent is most important in which system?
What is common law?
Holmes and Cardozo believed law is a principle or rule of conduct that allows what?
What is a prediction that it will be enforced by the courts?
What does the field of law and society assume about the legal system?
What is it is not autonomous and bears the imprint of society?
Give an example showing the difference between substantive and procedural law.
Substantive = murder is illegal; Procedural = rules for a fair trial.
Give an example of a dysfunction of law.
What is creating inequality, reflecting biases of powerful groups, or aggravating situations?
Name one region where Islamic law is practiced.
What is Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, or South Asia?