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Socjalizacja prawna — nastawienia wobec prawa a jego skuteczność
Legal socialization — attitude to law and its effectiveness

Author(s): Tomasz Burdzik
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Profilaktyki Społecznej i Resocjalizacji UW
Keywords: legal socialization; attitude; effectiveness of law; legal cynicism

Summary/Abstract: The author intends to present legal socialization — the concept of the sociology of law—which describes attitudes to norms, law and law enforcement institutions. For law to be effective, any individual in a given community needs to internalize a number of values and attitudes. The attitude to law will influence its application; its effectiveness will depend on the perspective adopted by the legal norm addressees who could either accept binding regulations or ignore them. An adequate legal policy helps construe legal norms in a manner to prevent costs of interventions which need to be taken when law is not convergent with social expectations.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 156-168
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish