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Cards In This Set
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Define "law as we discussed in class
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A written body of general rules of conduct applicable to all members of a society or community. To maintain order...fairness
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What are the 4 C's of the criminal justice sysytem?
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Crime/Criminal, cops, court, correction
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What is the difference between civil law and criminal law
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Civil law is a common law regulatiing private parties and criminal law is law that regulates conduct and provides penalities
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Define "society as we discussed in class
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Consists of six componets. Something that the individuals share
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Beliefs
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Ideas we have about how the world operates and what is true and false
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Values
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Standards shared by the culture about what is good and bad, correct and incorrect..etc
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Norms
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The action componet of a value or belief
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Mores
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More serious norms Ex. Violation and punishment
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Folkaway
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Less serious norms Ex. Habit
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Symbols
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Concrete physical signs that "stand for"
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Technology
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The knowledge and techniques a person creates of their comfort
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Language
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A vast repository of imformation about culture. The "storehouse" of culture
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Positive Law
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Natural Law
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Positive: Man made, created law
Postivits draw a distinciton between law and morality
Natural: Law that comes from "above"
Believers view is as standing above placing limits on what is permissible in p. law
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What are the 3 stages of technology
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1. Invent and refinement- dna fingerprinting
2. Technology in the media-televise hearings
3. New Technology- Surgical and chemical cures
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Plato
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Natural Law but Postivie law perspective
Theory of forms
Socratic Method
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