Crime, Law and Justice 467 Course Outline
Lesson 1: What is Law?
Lesson 2: Consensus or Functionalist Theory v. Conflict/Marxist Theory
Lesson 3: Law and Society Theories
Lesson 4: Due Process v. Crime Control Theories
Lesson 5: Organization of Law
Lesson 6: Lawmaking
Lesson 7: Social Change
Lesson 8: Social Control
Lesson 9: Dispute Resolution
Lesson 10: The Legal Profession
“If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit”
Johnny Cochran
Lady Justice is a personification of the law. Her blindfold symbolises equality under the law through impartiality towards its subjects, the weighing scales represent the balancing of people's interests under the law, and her sword denotes the law's force of reason.
"You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society."
C.S. Lewis
Max Weber in 1917. Weber began as a lawyer and is regarded as on of the founders of Sociology and Sociology of Law.