POS-3691 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Philip Selznick, Lon L. Fuller, E. Adamson Hoebel
14 Oct 2017
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Donald black"s de nition of law: law is governmental social control the normative life of a state and its citizens. Social control: the regulation over the actions of individuals and groups; the gov"t regulates the actions of individuals and organizations (social control) through o cial public institutions like courts and police and agencies like the irs or dmv. Logic of black"s argument: the gov"t is supreme and its o cials, authoritative, rules and regulations take precedence over the practices of individuals and private organizations. The law established and reinforces the central values and beliefs in society. John austin, the law is the command of the sovereign . Legal positivism: the notion that the law as written is law regardless of the moral content of the rule.
