ESSAY PLAN

Introduction

• define law

• define society

• explain the role law plays in society

• explain how law is influenced by society

• link to question

Paragraph 1- social control

• explain ‘social control’

• explain roscoe pound’s theory

• examples of how law controls society

• ‘this demonstrates that the law plays a significant role in society as…’

Paragraph 2- influence of media on society

• explain the way law must respond to media

• explain cohen’s moral panic idea

• examples to support

• therefore, the law’s role in society is less significant as…

Paragraph 3

• influence of society on law

• explain how the law is often changed by society e.g through protest

• examples to support

• ‘this shows that the law’s role in society is more limited as…’

Paragraph 4- influence of politics on law

• explain how politics shapes approaches to law

• explain left and right realism

• give examples

• ‘this shows that the law is a product of the society it stems from because…’