HAWASSAUNI

VERSI
TY

AWADABUSI
NESSANDECONOMI
CSCOLLEGE

DEPARTMENTOFACCOUNTI
NGANDFI
NANCE

BUSI
NESSLAW I
NDI
VIDUALASSI
GNMENT

NAMEGENENEGETACHEW

I
DNO0003/
15

SUBMI
TEDTO

1.
Discusst
hedi
ff
erencebet
weenl
egal
nor
msandnon-
legal
nor
ms

Norms-arepri
ncipl
eoftherightact
ionbi
ndinguponthememberofgr
oupandser
vingt
ogui
de
,
contr
ol orr
egulati
onofproperandacceptabl
ebehav
ior
.

Legal
nor
ms

Legal normsi sruleorst andardaccept edv oluntar

il
yorinvolunt
arl
ybysoci etyorot herlar
ge
group.itistomaket hat,lawset sstandar dofhumanbehav i
orandexpectt hesocial behavi
ort
o
beinl i
newi thsocialstandar dssetbyl aw. i
ttell
saswhatt odoornotdo. thisshowsl awis
normat ivebyitsnaturei nthati tspecifi
eslistofbehav i
orthatar
eaccept ableandnot
accept able.
iti
smandat orychar acterofnorm aswel lasthepossibl
ityofenf or
cingt henorm
wherei tisignored.l
egal normsdi stingushfrom nonl egalnormsinthatthelegal normi s
enforcedbyst ate(poli
cef orce,publicprosecutorpri
son,adminstr
ati
onandcour t
).italsod/ti
n
thattheyar eformallystructuredorwr i
tten.

Basi
caspect
sofl
egal
nor
ms

Theyar
eissuedbycompet
entst
ateaut
hor
it
y

Theyar
epr
oper
lypubl
i
shed(
col
l
ect
ionofl
aw)

Gener
ali
ty-
theyar
ebi
ndi
ngf
ori
ndef
ini
tenumberofpeopl
eandi
ndef
ini
tenumberofcases

Nor
mat
ivi
ty-

Theyar
eregul
atepeopl
esconduct

Theyar
eenf
orceabl
ebyt
hepowerofst
ate.

St
ruct
ureofl
egal
nor
ms

1.
premisei
sappartofthenorm w/cdescri
bethesoci
alci
rcumist
anceorsi
tuat
ionorevents
w/carebackgr
oundforsoci
albehavi
orthatthenor
m hasi
nmi ndsetsf
ort
hcondtinsunderw/c
per
sonshoudlbegui
dedbyt hegiv
enlegalnorms.
2.
Disposi
ti
ve-
essent
ial
par
tint
hati
tdescr
ibet
heki
ndofhumanbehav
iorandenv
asi
gedand
pr
effer
edbythenorms

3.
sanct
ions-ist
hatpartofthenorm whi
chdescri
bewhatwil
lhappeni
fthenor
misdisobey
ed.
it
al
sodefi
net heconsquencesforper
sonwhov i
olat
ethepr
escri
pti
onsofpar
ti
cul
arnorm.

Ty
pesofnor
ms

1.
per mi
siv
e- t
heyarelegalnorm whi
chmaypermi
tthedescr
ibedbehav
iorstat
ingwhatthe
personmaydoi sallowedt odo,
isent
it
ledt
odoorpasstheri
ghttodo.
thsatmeanstheygive
ri
ghtoroptiontotheirpeoplet
odoornottodo.

2.
prohibi
ti
venorms-
arel
egalnor
mswhi
chmaybepr
ohi
bit
edt
hedescr
ibedbehav
iorst
ati
ng
whatthepersonmustnott
odo.

3.di
recti
venor
ms-
arelegal
nor
m whi
chmaycommandt
hedescr
ibedbehav
iorst
ati
ngwhatone
shal
l ormustt
odoit
.

4.
rewardi
ngnorms-arenormswhi chmayrewar
ddescri
bedhumanbehavi
orbyexempting
personact
ingaccor
dingl
yfrom obli
gat
ion,
li
kef
ori
nstanceexcempt
ionoft
axli
abli
ty.

Non-
legal
nor
ms

Nonlegal
normsaresharedstandar
dofacceptabl
ebehav
iorbygroups.
nonl
egalnor
mscanbe
bothi
nfor
malunder
standingt
hatthebehav
iorofmemberofsociety
,aswel
lascodi
fi
edi
nto
rul
esandlaw.

Nonlegalnor
msar edeemedtobepowerf
ulldr
iverofhumanbehav
ior
alchangeandwel
l
or
ganizedandincor
porat
edbymajort
heor
ieswhichexplai
nhumanbehavi
or.

Nonl
egal
nor
ms- ar
enormshavebeeninexi
stentbefor
est
atei
scr
eat
edwhi
l
elegal
nor
mshav
e
comei
ntoex
ist
encewit
hcomingintobeingofstate.

Nonl
egal
nor
m onotherhand,
donotnor
mal
l
yhav
eaneasi
l
ytr
aceabl
einst
it
uti
onal
orgi
nfor
t
heyar
enotmadei
nanor gani
zedway.

Tosummar i
zeiti
spromisi
ngtosayt
hatbot
hlegal
andnonl
egal
nor
msar
enor
mat
ivei
nthat
theyneedt
ocreatanddevel
ophumanbehavi
or.

Themai
ndi
ff
erencebet
weenl
egal
andnonbl
egal
nor
m ar
e:,

Legal
nor
ms

-
gener
alst
atement

-
Nor
mat
ive

-
Regul
atesoci
albehav
ior
-
suppor
tedbycent
eral
i
zedand

I
nst
it
uti
onal
i
zedmechani
sm ofenf
orcement

-
nat
ionwi
deanduni
for
mil
yappl
i
cabl
e

-
madebyacent
eral
l
yor
gani
zedi
nst
it
uti
on(
par
il
ament
s)

-
canbeeasi
l
yamendedormodi
fi
ed

-
exhausi
ti
vewr
it
ten

Nonl
egal
nor
ms

-
gener
alst
atement

-
nor
mat
ive

-
Regul
atesoci
albehav
ior

-
lackcent
erl
i
zedandi
nst
it
uti
onal
i
zedmechani
sm ofenf
orcement
.

-
local
appl
i
cabl
e

-
orgi
nat
efr
om pr
act
iceandbel
i
ef

-
cannoteasi
l
yamended

-
almostunwr
it
ten.