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Welfare Law: What role does law play in the definition and resolution of
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Welfare Law: What role does law play in the definition and resolution of What role does law play in the definition and resolution of "social problems", and what difficulties, if any, are created by the use of law in this area? Modern society is a myriad of complex rules, an evolving system of control whose purpose is to dictate social norms. One of its weapons is the law. It would be, however, naive to suppose the law as simply rules to comply with. Law itself has been proven unsatisfactorily indefinable but its parts are separable, which allows us to understand some of their utilities. The role of what we describe as the law differs from its content. The criminal law functions to either deter, incapacitate, rehabilitate or for retribution. Each function plays a part in the criminal justice system but none are express aims of it. Similarly, the civil law seeks to...
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