Law & Society Chapter 2-Theoretical Perspectives.

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Law & Society Chapter 2-Theoretical Perspectives

Evolution of Legal Systems  Formal codified law emerges when the social structure of a given society becomes so complex that regulatory mechanisms and methods of dispute settlement can no longer be dependent of informal customs and social, religious or moral sanctions

Developmental Models  Precedent in other areas of inquiry  Inherent problems with developmental models: hierarchy

Legal Systems  Primitive Legal Systems  Transitional Legal Systems

Modern Legal Systems

Theories of Law and Society  European Pioneers -Baron de Montesquieu -Herbert Spencer -Sir Henry Sumner Maine

Theories of Law and Society *Classical Theorists -Karl Marx -Max Weber -Emilie Durkheim

Theories of Law and Society  Sociolegal Theorists -Albert Venn Dicey -Oliver Wendell Holmes -Edward Adamson Hoebel

Theories of Law and Society *Contemporary Theorists -Donald Black -Roberto Unger

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