When you first start reading Kitty Calavita ‘s Introduction to law and society you begin to wonder what the book will truly be about. She starts off telling you about the history of the study of law and society. She then begins to tell of how society defines law and how a definition is hard to establish. As you continue through the book you discover that Calavita is trying to make three main points. These points I would argue are law is created by society and guided by society, Law allows society to hold back individuals and even create tensions between laws and the society, and lastly that law that those in society who interact most with the law tend to shape the outcome of the laws and the system itself.
Calavaitia begins arguing within by the
Chapter three of introduction to law and society by Kitty Calvatia talks primarily about how ingrained law has become in individuals lives. She gives examples of stopping at stop signs even though no one is around and what side of the road you drive on. ( Calvita,48) When in a different country such as England it is them who drive on the wrong side of the road. This is all a matter of who 's perspective the rightness of the law comes from. In this chapter she also introduces the …show more content…
Calavatia gives the example of stopping at a stop sign in the middle of the night. You can run the stop sign without being caught yet most people stop anyway. Calavatia argues that this is due to conditioning to follow them from the beginning of your life. (Calavatia, Pg 47) Calavatia also makes the point that we are surrounded by law whether unspoken such as tipping or written such as the little tags on your mattress. It is only natural that we need law due to humans needing organization whether written or just oral
Calavaitia begins arguing within by the
Chapter three of introduction to law and society by Kitty Calvatia talks primarily about how ingrained law has become in individuals lives. She gives examples of stopping at stop signs even though no one is around and what side of the road you drive on. ( Calvita,48) When in a different country such as England it is them who drive on the wrong side of the road. This is all a matter of who 's perspective the rightness of the law comes from. In this chapter she also introduces the …show more content…
Calavatia gives the example of stopping at a stop sign in the middle of the night. You can run the stop sign without being caught yet most people stop anyway. Calavatia argues that this is due to conditioning to follow them from the beginning of your life. (Calavatia, Pg 47) Calavatia also makes the point that we are surrounded by law whether unspoken such as tipping or written such as the little tags on your mattress. It is only natural that we need law due to humans needing organization whether written or just oral