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1、LEGALHERITAGEANDTHEINFORMATIONAGE©2010PearsonEducation,Inc.,publishingasPrentice-HallCHAPTER1WHATISLAW?Lawconsistsofrulesthatregulateconductofindividuals,businesses,andotherorganizationswithinsociety.Itisintendedtoprotectpersonsandtheirpropertyfromunwant
2、edinterferencefromothers.Thelawforbidspersonsfromengagingincertainundesirableactivities.DefinitionofLawAbodyofrulesofactionorconductprescribedbythecontrollingauthority,andhavingbindinglegalforce.Thatwhichmustbeobeyedandfollowedbycitizenssubjecttosanction
3、sorlegalconsequences.FunctionsofLawKeepingthepeaceShapingmoralstandardsPromotingsocialjusticeMaintainingthestatusquoFacilitatingorderlychangeFacilitatingplanningProvidingabasisforcompromiseMaximizingindividualfreedomFunctionsofLaw(continued)Facilitatingp
4、lanninge.g.,well-designedcommerciallawsallowbusinessestoplantheiractivities,allocatetheirresources,andassesstheirrisksMaximizingindividualfreedome.g.,therightsoffreedomofspeech,religion,andassociationgrantedbytheFirstAmendmenttotheU.S.ConstitutionQualiti
5、esofLawFairnessTheAmericanlegalsystemisoneofthemostcomprehensive,fair,anddemocraticsystemsoflaweverdevelopedandenforced.QualitiesofLaw(continued)FlexibilityU.S.lawevolvesandchangesalongwiththenormsofsociety,technology,andthegrowthandexpansionofcommercein
6、theU.S.andtheworld.E.g.,Brownv.BoardofEducationE.g.,newlawsoncybercrimesandcybertortsJurisprudence:ThephilosophyorscienceofthelawSchoolsofJurisprudentialThoughtNaturalLawSchoolHistoricalSchoolAnalyticalSchoolSociologicalSchoolCommandSchoolCriticalLegalSt
7、udiesSchoolLawandEconomicsSchoolSchoolsofJurisprudentialThought(continued)NaturalLawSchoolLawisbasedonwhatis“correct.”Lawshouldbebasedonmoralityandethics.HistoricalSchoolLawisanaggregateofsocialtraditionsandcustoms.AnalyticalSchoolLawisshapedbylogic.Scho
8、olsofJurisprudentialThought(continued)SociologicalSchoolLawisameansofachievingandadvancingcertainsociologicalgoals.CommandSchoolLawisasetofrulesdeveloped,communicated,andenforcedbytherulingparty.SchoolsofJurisprudentialTho
