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American Legal System

If you have any test reviews, homeworks, guides, anything school related that you think can be posted on this website, reach out to me at makingschooleasier@gmail.com   AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM Criminal Law , We’ve discussed substantive v. procedural due process – substantive, malum in se and malum prohibitum; values of society change, some easier than others to identify, change over time; procedural due process – better for 10 guilty persons to go free than one innocent person be found guilty – history, governments using the law to persecute those of different political, religious, other type of beliefs, ethnic origin; colonists, having experienced this, especially sensitive to it.  Over past few decades however many of the very strict rules protecting these values have been eroded by the Supreme Court … some say reasonably so, others politically agenda/motivated. Substantive: Malum in se – murder, rape – gambling? drugs? prostitution?  Argument is they

Sociology

If you have any test reviews, homeworks, guides, anything school related that you think can be posted on this website, reach out to me at makingschooleasier@gmail.com   Chapter 1 Why study the family sociologically? Recognize patterns and trends Understand family as a social institution Develop research and conceptual frameworks Advocate for all families, while challenging stereotypes and misinformation. How are families defined? Money, love, blood, household and support. Definitions of family vary: Historically, Geographically, Culturally Family is defined: personally, POLITICALLY, LEGALLY, socially, religiously and ECONOMICALLY. Are there universal family norms?  (Gittins article and Baca Zinn article) Is there an ideal family form? What is “normal?” Do certain types of families hurt society? Family refers to a collection of people, related to each other by: Ancestry, Marriage, Adoption or Affinity (a commitment to each other and a unique id