Law and Society: Controversies and Discrimination in Social Groups

Law Society
And Controversy

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Issue and area of discrimination in the social group..............................................................3
Legislation..............................................................................................................................4
Case Law................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERNCES...................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
The law and society is based on believe that the legal rules and the decision must be embedded in
accordance with the society. The law and society portrays mutual relationship between the law
and society. Society helps to formulate law and put them into practice. The effects of law affects
the society. Generally the controversies arises because of conflicts alleged in the legal rights. The
law is important for the society as it acts as a guideline which is required to be accepted. The
absence of law may led too conflicts between social groups and communities. Law plays an
indirect role in shaping the society as it has a direct impact on society (Bradford, 2017). Also law
cannot bring change without support of society. The main role of law is to provide such rules
which will help social group to led progress and develop with some power and security in hand.
MAIN BODY
Issue and area of discrimination in the social group
The social group identified under the report is “Young Black Men”. The area of
discrimination generally face by this social group is unequal treatment on basis of race or
ethnicity which is also called as racial discrimination. Discrimination can be in sense of
stereotypes, prejudice, racism and thus other which need not require unique underlying cause.
Almost all black British children have experienced the racism at school. Not only children but
even young adults faced such racism. Further there is no official policy documents or statement
which provides serious attention to the black in respect of racial discrimination. This led the
issue regarding area of discrimination vulnerable. These social group feels harassed as they are
not called by their name instead called as racist. Not only they face humiliation but also
traumatized leading to adverse experiences. During the last years the black people in England
and Wales were searched and stopped more as compared to white people which showed the
discriminatory impact on this social group. Empowering the police to stop and search without
any suspicious feeling led to the damage to such group or community. Thus, the background is
social discrimination accompanied by social injustice in respect of the social group which in this
report is black people #Blacklivesmatter (Cramer and et. al., 2018).
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is statutory body formulated under
the Equality Act, 2006. The main aim of the commission is to encourage good and ethical
practices in respect of the human rights. The injustice of colour leads to inequality towards these