LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Complex Number, Georg Simmel, United States Constitution
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Perspectives of law provide us with a way not only to understand the law as it is but also as it ought to be. Reveal understanding about the way societies are constituted (mirror) Help reveal existing hierarchies in societies and also the way societies are held together. Perspectives help us answer question such as. Not all societies employ law as we understand it i. e. property rights. Traditional societies after said to rely on custom as source of rules and resolve disputes through conciliation or mediation by leaders/elders. Traditional societies more homogenous than modern industrial ones. Weber instrumental 6) no need to question founding assumptions. Homes jr. role of the courts (realist) set of common interests and relations are more intimate. Points of similarity between law and sociology. V&n; law is 1) authoritative 2) reactive 3) interested in problem solving 4) adopts an artificial (cid:498)black and white view of the world (cid:887)) law is seen as.
