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COURSE: GLOBAL STUDIES IIYEAR: 2015

University of South East- Asia

Chapter 3 Social Behaviour UNIT 1 RULES, RIGHTS AND LAWS

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Belonging in today’s worldPeople always need to belong in

order for them to feel a sense of identity, security, and purpose.

Alongside our affiliation, (whether with family, group, friends, institutions, etc.) we have to follow rules that exist within each group.

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What rules am I expected to obey?There are two types of rules: 1. Informal rules2. Formal rules

As a group, we hope people will obey the informal rules of society but we expect that people will comply with the formal rules of society.

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Informal RulesRules which are usually unwritten

but govern the way a society or group within that society operates are usually referred to as informal rules or social norms.

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Formal RulesFormal rules, are usually, though

not always, written. If they are broken, we can expect some sort of action, usually punishments, will follow.

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Rules, rights and laws in today’s complex societyEach person has many statuses,

therefore many roles connected to those status also exist.

For each role that a person has, it embodies the group you belong to( daughter for family, classmate to school, employee to company, etc.).

For each group there are rules, rights, and laws that govern them. And we need to follow each one of them.

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What are laws?Laws are a body of rules that are

binding on the community either because

1. they have been recognized by the community as customary or because:

2. they are enforced by some authority recognized by the community

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Social or legal sanctions?Do our “mistakes” in dealing with

people require social or legal sanction (punishment)?

Social sanction – the kind of reprimand we get for violating rules that are not too serious ( laughing in a ceremony, arriving late in a meeting, etc.)

Legal sanction – punishment with the force of the law because they are serious (stealing, killing, arson, etc.)

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What rights do I have within the law?These are some of the basic rights people

have within the law:We have the right to have freedom of

associationWe have the right to freedom of

movementWe have the right to freedom of

communication with the government that serves us

We have the right to freedom of religious choice

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The importance of lawsLaws have many important functions:1. Laws help to regulate society.2. Laws allow for just and fair treatment

of people.3. Laws help to establish and maintain

order.4. Laws identify the values and beliefs

of a society.5. Laws can bring about change in

society.