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LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL
CHANGE
• People have common needs which require concerted efforts
• This have also dissimilar needs which require mutual adjustment
• One cannot live without depending on others
• Social interdependence inevitable
Law to suit new situations
• An society alters, new situations arise
(reproductive technology, computers, cyber crime) • Legal system to suit to new situation
• If law unalterable, changes to be brought about by violence
• Law capable of adoption
Cont….
• It is flexible
• It allows for peaceful change by legislation, judicial development
• Legal system to be stable in short period flexible in long run
• Law to undergo progressive change to serve need of society
Law as an instrument of social change
• In static societies, law can be used as instrument of social change
• Law induces patterns of behavior conducive to prosperity • Where there are evil customs, they can be eliminated by law (sati)
• Law abolishes those customs (child marriage)
• It is instrument to achieve peaceful change.
Legislation to bring about social change
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Law as an instrument of change
Recent origin in our country
The British initiated it
Legislation to exercise social control
To sustain social structure
In modern age, society ahead of prescribed law Cont….
• Legislature makes the law which is intended for social change
• To bring about social change by influencing behavior, beliefs values
• In dynamic societies, social norms are ahead of legal words
• It is necessary to bring the legal code in conformity with values.
Humanistic Values
• Legislation lays emphasis on humanistic values. • Many customs which violate values legally abolished – Prohibition of Sati Act 1829.
• Widow Marriage Act, 1829,1856
• Prevention of Female infanticide Act,1870
• The child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
Cont…
• Constitution guarantees equality, freedom before law, without discrimination of religion, caste, sex, place of birth (article 14)
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CHANGE
• People have common needs which require concerted efforts
• This have also dissimilar needs which require mutual adjustment
• One cannot live without depending on others
• Social interdependence inevitable
Law to suit new situations
• An society alters, new situations arise
(reproductive technology, computers, cyber crime) • Legal system to suit to new situation
• If law unalterable, changes to be brought about by violence
• Law capable of adoption
Cont….
• It is flexible
• It allows for peaceful change by legislation, judicial development
• Legal system to be stable in short period flexible in long run
• Law to undergo progressive change to serve need of society
Law as an instrument of social change
• In static societies, law can be used as instrument of social change
• Law induces patterns of behavior conducive to prosperity • Where there are evil customs, they can be eliminated by law (sati)
• Law abolishes those customs (child marriage)
• It is instrument to achieve peaceful change.
Legislation to bring about social change
•
•
•
•
•
•
Law as an instrument of change
Recent origin in our country
The British initiated it
Legislation to exercise social control
To sustain social structure
In modern age, society ahead of prescribed law Cont….
• Legislature makes the law which is intended for social change
• To bring about social change by influencing behavior, beliefs values
• In dynamic societies, social norms are ahead of legal words
• It is necessary to bring the legal code in conformity with values.
Humanistic Values
• Legislation lays emphasis on humanistic values. • Many customs which violate values legally abolished – Prohibition of Sati Act 1829.
• Widow Marriage Act, 1829,1856
• Prevention of Female infanticide Act,1870
• The child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
Cont…
• Constitution guarantees equality, freedom before law, without discrimination of religion, caste, sex, place of birth (article 14)
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