Legal Vs Non-Legal RulesLaws or rules?

Distinction:Laws Rules

Apply to all members of a particular society

Apply only to members of that group.

Created by a law-making body

Created by individuals and groups

Always recorded in written form

Not always have to be in written form

How to tell the difference between laws and rules

Non-legal rules:

Family rules

Cultural norms

Rules of morality

Sports/club rules

School rules

Behaviour at School 1846:

Activity: Sort into rules or lawsWearing a school uniform to school

Paying your membership fees before being allowed to play in the local footy final

Wearing a hairnet when working at the deli in Coles

Not being permitted to smoke cigarettes at school

Having to wait until your 18 years to vote

Washing the dinner dishes

Receiving a two match ban for striking from the AFL tribunal.

Activity: Family rules

In pairs, each write a list of your family rules at home

Compare the two lists

What are similar? Different?

What are some possible explanations as to why there are similarities and/or differences?