Intro to Law“Laws are like sausages, it’s better to not see them being

made”- Bismarck

What is Law??

• Rules that help communities tell people what is right or wrong and that protects the rights of the individual.

Jurisprudence

The study of law and legal philosophy.

Questions that comefrom lawWhy do

wehave a criminaljustice system?

What is theoverall purposeof the justice system?

Whose interests does the system serve?

How dowe measurethe effectivenessof the system?

Classical School of Criminal Justice

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

CesareBeccaria

Jeremy Bentham

ThomasHobbes

Who IS thisguy?

What are his views on humannature?

What does he mean bythe “socialcontract”?

What isthe best type of government?

“Leviathan”

John LockeWho is THISguy?

What is hisview on humannature?

Whatdoes hemeanby “socialcontract”?

What isthe beststyle of government?

Cesare Beccaria

Utilitarianism

Punishmentfitsthe

crime

Deterrence

“The greatesthappiness for the greatestnumbers”

Jeremy Bentham

I’m goingto stickit up!

There’sa

Sheetz

I’m hungry!

“Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. On the one hand the standard of right and wrong, on the other the chain of causes and effects, are fastened to their throne. They govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.” Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislator

What stops most people of sticking up Sheetz when they are hungry?

Criticisms of the Classical School

The Positivist School of Criminal Justice

Charles Darwin

Cesare Lombroso

Auguste Comte

“Origins of Species” and“The Descentof Man”

“Anatomy isdestiny”- Sigmund Freud

SocialDarwinism

“I am the ape man, I am theape man, I am the walrus, Cucucacho”- John Lennon

Auguste Comte

Hypotheses Experiments Truth and Laws

Human conductand cultural traits?

Rehabilitation

Responsibility foractions?

Biology andcriminality?

“Phrenology”

Criticisms of the Positivist School

Foundations of the Legal System

Each has rights and responsibilities to one another.

RULE OF LAWWhat does it mean?

What are your rightsand responsibilities with this concept?

What is the government’srights and responsibilitieswith this concept?

Our legal system is based on morals and ethics.

But not everything that is immoral is illegal.What are some examples of this?

GOALSOF

OURLEGAL SYSTEM

ProtectBasic

HumanRights

Promote Fairness

Resolve Conflicts

PromoteDesirableSocial andEconomic Behavior

What about abortion?

What aboutaffirmativeaction?

Examples?

TYPES OF LAW(based on the origin)

Constitutional

Statutory

Court Decisions1. Common Law or2. Precedents

The 2 Major Divisions of Law

Criminal Law-defines publicwrongs and provides for their punishment

Civil Law-law related to human conduct,disputes betweenprivate parties, orprivate parties andthe government

Crim Law

Civ Law

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