This document discusses laws, norms, and rules. It provides examples of rules from Lord of the Flies and discusses what norm Ralph broke by undressing on the beach. It defines what law is, explaining that rules create rights and responsibilities and need to be generally accepted and enforced. Questions are provided about following rules at school. The document discusses why laws are needed in society to regulate interactions and keep order. It notes that without road laws, driving would be dangerous. Overall, the document explores the purpose of rules, norms, laws and why they are important for orderly functioning of society.

1. THE LAW

2. NORMS, RULES AND LAWS
Which is most serious?
What do they mean?

3. LORD OF THE FLIES, BY
WILLIAM GOLDING
He [Ralph] jumped down from the terrace. The
sand was thick over his black shoes and the
heat hit him. He became conscious of the
weight of his clothes, kicked his shoes off
fiercely and ripped off each stocking with its
elastic garter in a single movement. Then he
leapt back on the terrace, pulled off his shirt,
and stood there among the skull-like coconuts
with green shadows from the palms and forest
sliding over his skin. He undid the snake-clasp
of his belt, lugged off his shorts and pants, and
stood there, naked, looking at the dazzling
beach and the water.
-Chapter 1, Paragraph 53
What norm has Ralph ‘broken’?

4. WHAT IS LAW?
Logan has over 280,000 people all interacting via
schools, jobs and friendship and community groups.
In society most people recognise that there must be
rules to regulate their interactions and keep society
operating properly.
To be effective, these rules need to be generally
recognised and accepted by members of society.
These rules create rights and responsibilities for
society’s members and society agrees to live by them.
These rules are enforced and are called the ‘law’.
Regulate: control
Enforced: law is applied; checks are
made to ensure people are following
rules

5. QUESTIONS
1. Describe a rule at school that you think is strictly
followed by students. Why do you think it is followed?
2. What is a rule at school that you know is not follow?
Why do you think this is?
3. Why must laws be enforced?
4. What would happen if laws were not enforced?

6. Rights: things you should be allowed to do/have
Responsibilities: things you should be doing/not doing
Rules create rights and responsibilities for members of
any community – school, family, sporting or society in
general.
Eg. ‘Don’t run on the concrete’ – RIGHT to safety,
RESPONSIBILITY to ensure others’ safety.
In you books make two columns.
Make lists of the rights and responsibilities you have
because of the rules that exist in one of the following:
 Your families
 School
 Society

7. WHY WE NEED LAWS
1 John 3:4 (ESV)
Everyone who makes
a practice of sinning
also practices
lawlessness; sin is
lawlessness.

8. SWANSON SCHOOL,
AUCKLAND, NZ
Watch: https://youtu.be/r1Y0cuufVGI (on Learner.Link,
12 minutes))
Do you agree with the Principal’s philosophy?
What dangers/risks can you see?
What benefits are there?
Do you agree that ‘overprotection can do more harm
than good’?
In society, do we overprotect?

9. Imagine what society would be like without road laws.
What would the risks be?
No road laws
Drive as fast as you
want
Don’t stop at
traffic lights
Don’t obey signs
Ignore lines on
road; drive down
whichever side
No indication
Dangerous
society
High risk of being
injured
High risk of
property being
damaged
People refuse to
use transport
People don’t go
to work
Effects economy
Affect people’s
social interactions

10. If this happened, society
would be forced to create
laws that regulate the
driving of a vehicle.
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11. These laws have a good consequences for society and
are in place for a reason:
 To protect their safety – ie. Fewer accidents
 To recognise and protect their freedoms and interests – ie. Legal right
to compensation
 To ensure that society functions properly – ie. Make people feel
comfortable to drive
 To produce fair outcomes – ie. Compensation
1 John 3:4 (ESV)
Everyone who makes a practice of
sinning also practices lawlessness; sin
is lawlessness.

12. There are thousands of rules that make up the law.
Most of these have been introduced for at least one of
the reasons on the previous slide.

13. QUESTIONS
1.What do we mean when we say that rules have ‘good
consequences for society’?
2.What consequences are there for:
I. The persons breaking the law?
II. The victims?
III. Society in general?

14. 3.Decide which of the four reason for creating laws
explains why the following laws exist (first one is an
example):
• The law against saying things that are likely to damage another
person’s name or reputation (defamation).
The law of defamation recognizes and protects the interests of
people in society. It also produces fair outcomes – a person whose
reputation is likely to suffer from the comments of another has
the legal right to compensation.
• The law against physical attack (assault) or its attempt
• The law against stealing
• The laws against discrimination
• The law against sexual harassment
• The law against holding and using a mobile phone while driving a car

15. COMPEL, RESTRICT,
PROHIBIT
Compel: require
someone to do
something
• Eg. The law that says
we must pay for
goods we buy at a
shop.
Restrict: limit a
person’s behaviour
• Eg. The law that says
we can apply for a
learner’s permit at a
certain age.
Prohibit: forbid a
person from doing a
particular thing
• Eg. The law that says
we are not allowed to
use violence towards
another person.
There are different kinds of laws. Laws that compel us to do certain things,
laws that restrict us from doing certain things, and laws that prohibit us from
doing certain things.
These laws can also create rights. For example, the law that prohibits us from
harming another person, gives that other person the right to claim
compensation for their injuries.

16. QUESTION
Think of an example (or examples if you’re keen) of laws
that:
 Compel
 Restricts
 Prohibits

17. COMPROMISE
The idea behind laws that restrict and
prohibit is that we cannot do
everything we want to do.
We, as members of society who enjoy
the rights and privileges we have,
agree to follow rules that are created
to make society work properly.
It is all give and take – at home you
may want to play loud music, your
sibling may want to take on the phone
and your parents may want some
peace and quiet. We cannot have
everything; we have to compromise.

18. We cannot insist that we have the right to do something
that interferes with someone else’s right.
We cannot claim a right to kill people as that interferes
with other people’s right to live.
In modern society, just as at home and school, we have
to give and take.