Handbook of Law and Society

In this handbook we are observing law and society as two disciplines that are in correlation with each other and nothing can be explained without both of them. Without the influence of the law on the society, society itself would become uncontrollable, so, to keep the society peaceful, we need to create a harmonious relationship between law and society and to let Law to enforce and maintain ethical standards and civil obedience. Also, in situations when emergency arise, society can influence the law to be changed by the officials. Therefore we can say that the relationship between law and society is interrelated.

No one has yet provided a precise definition of what cultural diversity is, what we can observe is the emergence of the notion of cultural diversity as incorporating a distinct set of policy objectives and choices at the global level. In chapter 1 we look at simultaneous pursuit of economic and other societal goals that cultural diversity encompasses and has effects on. Accounting for these intricate interdependencies, the present chapter clarifies the origins of the concept of cultural diversity as understood in global law and traces its evolution over time. Second chapter of this handbook talks about legal transplants as they are the fastest way for the evolution of legal systems in different countries. Goal of this study is to review certain EU legal concepts from a comparative law and linguistics perspective and to create guidelines for adapting these EU law concepts to the conceptual system of the member states. Chapter draws on comparative law studies for the theory of legal transplants and on linguistics for the methodology of terminology. In the next chapter we are talking about media’s emphasis on risks and the elitist specious creation of collective worries, in particular with relation to the criminal phenomenon and influence of the media representation on the legislative choices of criminal politics, focusing the attention on the risks that it might be involved, with reference to the violation of some fundamental principles in the democratic modern systems. Chapter 4 provides us with information about legal problems in Canada as part of everyday life and shows us that beside one of the best legal systems in the world most Canadians cannot afford to use...