Chapter 1A: Social Cohesion Flashcards
What are laws and provide an example?
Legal rules made by a law-making body such as parliament and enforceable by the courts, such as laws preventing shoplifting
What are rules and provide an example?
Rules are non-legal, made by individuals or groups and non-enforceable, such as guidelines at a sporting club
What are individuals responsible for?
Obeying their own internal moral values and the laws that govern society, including those laws that they disagree with
What is social cohesion?
A feature of a society which is working towards the wellbeing of all its members, by protecting and supporting them for mutual benefit
How is social cohesion achieved?
By individuals acting in a way that is moral and respectful of the needs of others
What do laws exist to protect?
Both our safety and rights
Who are laws made by and how are they applied?
Laws are made by a democratically elected parliament and applied in a similar way to all people, in order to represent public interest and maintain an effective and peaceful society
What is the legal system made up of?
Institutions, organisations, rules, procedures and people tasked with maintaining order in society
What is the role of criminal laws?
To offer a strong deterrent against people acting out of self-interest to harm others, because of the threat of others
What are the roles of parliaments, judges and courts/police?
Parliaments create laws
Judges apply and interpret laws
Courts/police enforce laws
What are the two key features of the legal system and why?
Consistency and transparency, as members of the community must trust and accept that laws are fair and reliable
What is the rule of law?
A principle under which all persons, institutions and entities are accountable to laws, and are not above the law
