Sociology 2260A/B Lecture 3: Week THREE
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Instead its composed of leaders religious leaders, councils etc. Back then because there wasn"t a structured government, it was assumed that there was no structured society. Anthropologists studied these small societies and they found that there were processes of social control and ways of settling disputes and theyre actually similar to our law system. Definitions of law: radcliffe brown - to maintain order there must exist the possibility of use of physical force. (on this slide) these are all positivist definitions they describe what the law is not what it. They say there is no relationship between a legal system and moral justice. Whether its fair or not, it is still a law . People often obey the law because theyre afraid of punishment. He says rules or commands constitute law must adhere to inner morality of law. Rules must apply to everyone no one can be exempt from it we all need to be applied.