SOC 705 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mechanical And Organic Solidarity, Gemeinschaft And Gesellschaft, Henry James Sumner Maine
17 May 2016
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Week 3: theories the evolution of legal systems theories of law and society current intellectual movements. Women would have been more important at this time, as providers of food when men could not hunt, as creators of life, and as keepers of culture. A mark of progression is inequality, as new statuses rise. Men now take on the role of farmer; production increase; surplus; selling surplus; the law becomes a necessary requirement to deal with the shifting society; corporate/business law starts coming into place. Galanter (1977) identifies key aspects of modern law" includes: Codified law became necessary as a result of: transition from simple to complex societies. This transition manifests as industrialization, urbanization, heterogeneity (diversity), collapse of kinship networks/informal mechanisms of control. Gemeinshaft (community: simple society, village-like, community; little division of labour, homogenous population, informal, strong personal relationships, shared values beliefs, etc, less individualism, less conflict, human activities regulated by informal control and social, religious, or moral sanctions.
