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Weber, Max. (1922) 1954. “On Law.” In Economy and Society, edited by R. Rheinstein. New York: Simon and Schuster. Pp. 1-60. “This material has been provided for research, private study or education. Copying this material for further distribution (e.g. uploading material to a commercial third-party website) can lead to a violation of Copyright law. Find out more about copyright here: http:lllibrarv.gueensu.calcopyripht.”
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Page 1: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

Weber, Max. (1922) 1954. “On Law.” In Economy and Society, edited by R. Rheinstein.New York: Simon and Schuster. Pp. 1-60.

“This material has been provided for research, private study or education. Copying this material for furtherdistribution (e.g. uploading material to a commercial third-party website) can lead to a violation ofCopyright law. Find out more about copyright here: http:lllibrarv.gueensu.calcopyripht.”

Page 2: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

20TH CENTURY LEGAL PHILOSOPHY SERIES: VOL. VI.

MAX WEBER/“/

onLaw in Economy and Society

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND ANNOTATIONS BY

MAX RHEINSTEINMax Pam Professor of Comparative Law

University of Chicago Law School

TRANSLATION FROM

Max Weber, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Second Edition (2925)

BY

EDWARD SHILS

Professor of Sociology

Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago

AND

MAX RHEINSTEIN

CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

1966

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ory,

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rest

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ofit

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grou

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thin

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bit

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here

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the

othe

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age

isde

term

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usiv

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esti

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ther

than

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tw

here

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acto

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ms

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“wit

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W.u

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13.

does

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isin

any

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requ

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toab

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byit.

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ever

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from

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case

toth

ose

ofco

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wis

inde

fini

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omev

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here

has

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som

ede

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ever

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doso

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esid

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the

cust

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the

othe

rha

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the

way

sin

whi

chw

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are,

toda

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5.C

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and

quit

epa

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lya

soci

alre

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onsh

ip,

can

beor

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edon

the

art

ofth

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tors

tow

ard

thei

rid

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orst

ellu

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ofth

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ofeg

itim

ate

or.T

hepro

ba

bili

tyof

such

anor

ient

atio

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all

beca

lled

the

vali

ity

ofth

eor

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in

thus

tom

ean

mor

eth

anth

em

ere

regu

lari

tyof

thours

eof

soci

alco

nduc

tas

dete

rmin

edby

cust

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inte

rest

situ

atio

ns.

The

fact

that

mov

ers

regu

larl

yad

vert

ise

near

the

date

spe

ople

are

mov

ing

from

one

apar

tmen

tto

anot

her

isca

used

excl

usiv

ely

byth

eir

inte

rest

situ

atio

n.T

hefa

ctth

ata

sale

sman

regu

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sits

ace

rtai

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stom

eron

ace

rtai

nda

yof

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wee

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this

eith

erha

bit

oflo

ngst

andi

ngor

also

caus

edby

his

inte

rest

s(h

em

ayfo

llow

are

gula

rtu

rn).

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the

fact

that

apu

blic

offi

cer

show

sup

athi

sof

fice

ever

yda

yat

the

sam

eho

uris

dete

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edno

ton

lyby

rout

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(cus

tom

)or

his

inte

rest

situ

atio

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tre

gula

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also

bth

eva

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tyof

anor

der

(viz

.,th

eci

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serv

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rule

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aco

mm

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valu

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alm

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tof

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appr

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don

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aver

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ard

dete

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ims.

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then

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ifth

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atio

nto

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max

ims

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amon

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inso

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appr

ecia

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way

rega

rded

byth

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asin

som

ew

ayob

liga

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orex

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ary

for

him

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actu

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ay8W

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chap

ters

onus

age

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4L

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orie

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tow

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atio

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hit

tow

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atio

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fin

legit

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are

inde

term

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actu

allif

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reca

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orie

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tow

ard

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even

whe

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rall

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not

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som

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liga

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cur

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reits

mea

ning

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vade

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“iola

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orie

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atio

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ief

orie

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his

cond

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tow

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heve

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atth

eor

der

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agr

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mak

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nec

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viol

atio

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his

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argi

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part

ial

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atio

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soug

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vary

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mea

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seve

ral

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eren

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reta

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the

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ed,

beob

serv

edal

lth

eti

me;

but

orie

ntat

ion

ofco

nduc

tto

war

dm

utua

lly

cont

radi

ctor

yor

ders

can

occu

rw

ith

resp

ect

toon

ean

dth

esa

me

cond

uct.

One

who

enga

ges

ina

duel

orie

nts

his

cond

uct

tow

ard

the

hono

rco

de;

but

heal

soor

ient

sit

ôard

the

crim

inal

law

[by

whi

chdu

ellin

gis

proh

ibit

ed]

byke

epin

gth

edu

else

cret

or,

inth

eop

posi

tem

anne

r,by

volu

ntar

ily

appe

arin

gin

cour

t.W

here

,ho

wev

er,

evas

ion

orvi

olat

ion

ofth

eor

der

(i.e

.,of

the

mea

ning

gene

rall

yas

crib

edto

it)

has

beco

me

the

rule

,th

eor

der

has

com

eto

beva

lidin

but

alim

ited

sens

eor

has

ceas

edto

beva

lid

alto

geth

er.

For

the

law

yer

anor

der

isei

ther

valid

orno

t;bu

tno

such

alte

rna

tive

exis

tsfo

rth

eso

ciol

ogis

t.F

luid

tran

siti

ons

exis

tbe

twee

nva

lidi

ty

-—

Sect

ion

6.be

guar

ante

edin

seve

ral

ays: It

may

begu

aran

teed

pure

lysujç

qiv

land

such

subj

ecti

veguar

ànty

may

beei

ther

i.m

erel

yaf

fect

ual,

i.e.,

thro

ugh

emot

iona

lsu

rren

der;

or2.

valu

e-ra

tion

al,

i.e.,

dete

rmin

edby

the

fait

hin

the

abso

lute

vali

dity

ofth

eor

der

asth

eex

pres

sion

oful

tim

ate,

bind

ing

valu

esof

anet

hica

l,ae

sthe

tica

l,or

othe

rki

nd;

or3.

relig

ious

,i.e

.,de

term

ined

byth

ebe

lief

that

salv

atio

nde

pend

sup

onob

edie

nce

toth

eor

der.

II.

The

legi

tim

acy

ofan

orde

rm

ay,

how

ever

,be

guar

ante

edal

soby

the

expe

ctat

ion

ofce

rtai

nex

tern

ects

,i.e

.,by

intr

est

citu

atjc

ns.

An

orde

rw

illbe

calle

dco

nven

tiw

here

itsva

lidi

tyis

exte

rnal

lygu

aran

teed

byth

epr

obab

ilit

yth

ata

viol

atio

nw

illm

eet

wit

hth

e(r

ela

tive

ly)

gene

ral

and

prac

tica

lly

sign

ific

ant

disa

ppro

val

ofa

dete

rmin

able

roup

ofpe

ople

.8

An

orde

rff

l‘,

L’e

xix

nall

3r

guara

eeiy

epro

b-T

hbil

iLt

coer

cion

(physi

alor

psyc

holo

gica

l),

tobr

ing

abou

tco

nfo

rmit

yor

aven

gevi

olat

ion,

will

beap

plie

dby

ast

aff o

fpe

ople

hold

ing

e9ally

read

yfo

rth

atpu

rpos

eL

___-

1-U

nder

con7

ient

iön

wi

shal

lth

usun

ders

tand

that

cust

omw

hich

,w

ithin

agi

ven

grou

p,is

appr

oved

as“v

alid

”an

dgu

aran

teed

agai

nst

devi

atio

nby

disa

ppro

val.

ILdi

ffs1

mrn

”lw

,’as

abse

nce

ofa

stff

bold

i‘s

dis

tin

tiii

ruti

vfi

imrf

roi

law

acco

rdin

gto

whe

ther

orno

sum

issi

onis

“ii

Iiar

y,ne

ithe

rco

rres

pond

sto

com

mon

ling

uist

icus

age

nor

does

it’h

illu

stra

tion

s.E

very

body

isse

riou

sly

expe

cted

and

rega

rded

asob

liged

toco

nfor

mto

such

conv

entio

nsas

thos

eof

the

usua

lm

odes

ofsa

luta

tion

,of

dece

ntdr

ess,

orof

the

gene

ral

mod

esof

soci

alin

ter

cour

se.

Con

form

ance

tosu

chco

nven

tions

isin

now

ayso

volu

ntar

yas

,fo

rex

ampl

e,th

ech

oice

ofth

em

anne

rof

cook

ing.

Avi

olat

ion

ofco

nTW

.u.G

.16

/17.

On

conven

tion

see

JEE

RIN

G,

op.

cit.,

Wsic

n.,

op.

cit.,

and

TöN

NIE

S,

DIE

SIn

E(i

gog).

[Web

er’s

note

.]O

p.ci

t..c

upra

n.6.

[Web

er’s

note

.]

BA

SIC

CO

NC

EP

TS

OF

SOC

IOL

OG

Y5

and

nonv

alid

ity,

and

mut

uall

ycon

trad

icto

ryor

ders

can

beva

Ij_a

1nng

side

each

othe

r—

_

that

cond

uct

will

actu

ally

beor

ient

edto

war

dit

.7

-----

I

Page 6: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

6L

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

Yve

ntio

n,es

peci

ally

inth

e-fr

ame

ofso

-cal

led

prof

essi

onal

ethi

cs,

ofte

nm

eets

wit

hm

ost

effe

ctiv

ean

dse

riou

sre

trib

utio

nin

the

form

ofso

cial

boyc

ott

byth

em

embe

rsof

the

prof

essi

on,

are

trib

utio

nw

hich

may

bem

ore

effe

ctiv

eth

anan

yle

gal

coer

cion

.N

hin

gis

lack

ing

but

the

stff

whi

chuJd

iJts

elf

pcif

icall

yre

ady

for

acti

onm

eant

toguar

ante

eoben

ce,

such

asju

dges

,pr

osec

utor

s,po

licem

en,

orsh

erif

fs.

Aga

in,

isa

mar

gina

lca

se,

/1

cons

isti

ngin

the

form

ally

thre

aten

edan

dor

gani

zed

boyc

ott.

Inou

rte

rmin

olog

yth

isal

read

yco

nsti

tute

sa

mea

nsof

lega

lco

erci

on.

Itis

irre

leva

ntin

the

pres

ent

cont

ext

that

ince

rtai

nca

ses

aco

nven

tion

may

,in

addi

tion

toge

nera

ldi

sapp

rova

l,be

prot

ecte

dby

othe

rm

eans

.A

nil

lust

rati

onof

this

situ

atio

nis

pres

ente

dby

the

case

ofth

evi

sito

rw

hore

fuse

sto

leav

ean

othe

r’s

hous

ew

hen

aske

dto

doso

.H

evi

olat

esa

conv

enti

on;

but

the

mas

ter

ofth

eho

use

may

also

expe

lhi

mbo

dily

.In

such

aca

seco

erci

onis

appl

ied

not

bya

spec

ial

staf

f,bu

tby

som

epar

ticu

lar

indi

vidu

alw

hois

able

todo

soju

stin

cons

eque

nce

ofth

ege

nera

ldi

sapp

rova

lof

the

vio

lato

nJi

i_th

ciyen

tjonio

2.

Tnou

rco

ntex

tth

donc

ept

ofla

w)’

ill

bede

fine

das

anor

der

whi

ch—

—--

&L

dep

çp

upon

anenfo

rcem

eIr

if.In

othe

rco

nnec

tions

diff

eren

tde

fini

no

t_necesl

hay

.c,b

oLth

ekin

dw

ekn

owto

day.

Itis

unne

cess

ary,

inpa

rtic

ular

,th

atth

ere

bean

yju

dic

iaio

rgan

:In

the

case

ofbl

ood

veng

ean

cean

dfe

udth

een

forc

emen

tst

aff

cons

ists

inth

ecl

an,

prov

ided

that

itsre

acti

onis

actu

ally

dete

rmin

edby

som

eki

ndof

regu

lato

ryor

der.

We

mus

tre

cogn

ize,

how

ever

,th

this

casç

repr

esen

tsth

eve

ryli

mit

ofw

hat

can

stil

lbe

rega

rded

a(”l

egal

coer

cio’T

ngjJerna

tion

alla

wha

sbe

ensa

idno

tto

be“l

aw,’

beca

use

itIa

asii

pra

nati

onal

enfo

Icem

iFeic

yIn

deed

,ou

rde

fini

tion

ofla

w,

too,

wou

ldno

tap

ply

toan

orde

rw

hich

isgu

aran

teed

mer

ely

byth

eex

pect

atio

nof

disa

ppro

val

and

repr

isal

son

the

par

tof

thos

ew

hoar

eha

rmed

byits

viol

atio

n,i.e

.,m

erel

yby

con

ion

and

seIj

jtre

stra

ther

than

bya

staf

fof

pers

ons

who

seco

nduc

tij

pia

1ly

orie

nted

tow

ard

the

obse

rvat

ion

ofth

ere

gu

lato

rvQ

rdez.Y

ejç

gl

term

irio

lngy

mae

quit

edi

ffer

ent.

Irre

leva

nt,

too,

are

asit

coul

dbe

foun

din

sect

saI

firs

tde

gree

ofm

ildco

erci

on-

/of

the

sinn

er,

cons

titu

tes

coer

cion

inou

rse

nse,

‘b

yp

j,d

er

and

appli

cL

ba

taff

.T

hesa

me

isto

besa

idab

out

the

cens

oria

l‘r

epri

man

d”as

ani

eans

togu

aran

tee

the

obse

rvan

ceof

“eth

ica

l”du

ties

and,

even

mor

eso

,ab

out

psyc

holo

gica

lco

erci

onth

roug

h

BA

SIC

CO

NC

EP

TS

OF

SO

CIO

LO

GY

eccl

esia

jtica

Ldis_

isci

line.

ait

hori

trii

isasi

tm

aybe

guar

ante

edpo

liti

call

y,or

thro

uJe_tu

teof

anas

soci

atio

n,or

dom

estic

auth

o.h

rnugh

asothh.e

oth

eLas

sIai

n1t

The

[p

li]

rule

sof

[Ger

man

stud

ents

’fr

ater

niti

es,

know

nas

]th

eco

mm

ent

[and

regu

latin

gsu

chm

atte

rsas

conv

ivia

ldri

nk

ing

orsi

ngin

g]ar

eal

so“l

aw”

inou

rse

nse,

just

asth

eca

seof

thos

e-

[leg

ally

regu

late

dbu

tun

enfo

rcea

ble]

duti

esw

hich

are

men

tion

edin

Sect

ion

888,

par.

2of

the

[Ger

man

]C

ode

ofC

ivil

Pro

cedu

re[f

orin

stan

ce,

the

duty

aris

ing

from

anen

gage

men

tto

mar

ry].

Not

ever

yva

lid

orde

ris

nece

ssar

ily

ofan

abst

ract

,ge

nera

lch

arac

ter.

Now

aday

sw

est

rict

lydi

stin

guis

hbe

twee

nth

ege

nera

l“n

orm

ofla

w”

and

the

conc

rete

“jud

icia

lde

cisi

on.”

Such

adi

stin

ctio

nw

asna

tm

ade

atal

ltim

es.

An

“ord

er”

may

thus

cons

ist

inth

eor

deri

ngof

one

sing

leco

ncre

tesi

tuat

ion.

An

“ext

erna

lly”

guar

ante

edor

der

may

also

begu

aran

teed

“inte

rna

lly.

”T

here

lati

onsh

ipbe

twee

nla

w,

conv

enti

on,

and

thcs

does

not

pres

ent

any

prob

lem

toth

eso

ciol

ogis

t.T

ohi

man

ethi

cal”

stan

dar

one

whi

chap

plie

sto

hum

anco

nduc

tth

atsp

ecif

icm

dof

eval

uati

ngfa

ith

whi

chcl

aim

sto

dete

rmin

ew

hat

is“e

thic

ally

good

,”ju

stas

any

cond

uct

whi

chcl

aim

sto

be“b

eaut

iful

,”by

sodo

ing,

subj

ects

itse

lfto

the

stan

dard

ofae

sthe

tics

.N

orm

ativ

eid

eas

ofth

iski

ndca

nha

vea

pow

erfu

lin

flue

nce

upon

cond

uct

even

thou

ghth

eym

ayla

ckan

yex

tern

algu

aran

ty.

Ext

erna

lgu

aran

ties

will

beus

uall

yla

ckin

gw

here

the

viol

atio

nof

the

stan

dard

does

not

appr

ecia

bly

affe

ctth

ein

tere

sts

ofot

hers

.O

nth

eot

her

hand

,th

eyar

efr

eque

ntly

guar

ante

edre

ligio

usly

.Po

ssib

ly,

they

may

also

begu

aran

teed

byco

nven

tion

(in

our

sens

eof

the

term

),i.e

.,th

roug

hdi

sapp

rova

lor

boyc

ott;

inad

diti

on,

ther

em

aybe

the

lega

lgu

aran

tyth

roug

hth

epo

lice

orth

em

eans

ofcr

imin

alor

priv

ate

law

.‘E

thic

s,’

whi

chis

vali

din

the

soci

olog

ical

sens

e,us

uall

y

isgu

aran

tee

-con

vent

ion,

i.e.,

byth

epr

obab

ilit

yof

its

viol

atio

nm

eeti

ngw

ith

disa

ppro

val.

Not

ever

yco

nven

tion

ally

orjg

ail

gu

ara

nte

edno

rm,

how

ever

,cl

aim

sal

soto

beon

eof

eth

ic.l

eg

al

nm

sar

efr

eque

ntly

mot

ivat

edby

mer

eex

pedi

ency

and

thus

cli

mtl

iiäl

char

acte

rev

enle

ssth

anth

eno

rms

ofco

nven

tion.

Whe

ther

orno

ta

norm

ativ

e

idea

whi

chis

actu

ally

held

byhu

man

bein

gsbe

long

sto

the

real

mof

ethi

csor

,in

othe

rw

ords

,w

heth

eror

not

agi

ven

norm

ison

eof

“mer

e”la

wor

conv

entio

nm

ust

bede

cide

dby

the

soci

olog

ist

excl

usiv

ely

inac

cord

ance

wit

hth

atno

tion

ofth

e“e

thic

al”

whi

chis

actu

ally

held

byth

e7

‘°W

.u.G

.i7

—ig

.

Page 7: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

8L

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

Ype

ople

inqu

esti

on.

Itis

not

poss

ible

,ho

wev

er,

tost

ate

any

gene

ral

prop

osit

ions

inth

isre

spec

t.”

Sect

ion

7.T

heac

tors

can’

ascr

ibe

legi

tim

ate

ina

vari

ety

ofw

ays.

--

The

orde

rca

nbe

reco

gniz

edas

legi

tim

at,fi

rst

byvi

rtue

oftr

adit

ion?

valid

isth

atw

hich

has

alw

ays

been

.-.

Seco

nd,

the

orde

rm

aybe

trea

ted

asle

giti

mat

eby

virt

ueof

;aff

ectj

n}-’

espe

cial

lyem

otio

nal,

fait

h;th

issi

tuat

ion

occu

rses

peci

ally

inth

eca

seof

the

new

lyre

veal

edor

the

exem

plar

y.or

der

may

betr

eate

das

legi

tim

ate

byvi

rtue

ova

l-

(3Ia

tia]

.:

vali

dis

that

whi

chha

sbe

ende

duce

das

abso

lute

yd

em

ande

d.F

ourt

h,le

giti

mac

ycan

scri

bed

toan

orde

rby

virt

ueof

posi

tive

enac

tmen

tof

reco

gniz

ele

gali

tSu

chle

gali

tyca

nbe

ded

asle

giti

mat

eei

ther

(a)

beca

use

the

enac

tmen

tha

sbe

enag

reed

upon

byal

lth

ose

who

are

conc

erne

d;or

(b)

byvi

rtue

ofim

posi

tion

bya

dom

inat

ion

ofhu

man

bein

gsov

erhu

man

bein

gsw

hich

istr

eate

das

legi

tim

ate

and

mee

tsw

ithac

quie

scen

ce.

The

deta

ils

will

bedi

scus

sed

inth

ech

apte

rsde

alin

gw

ith

the

soci

olog

yof

dom

inat

ion

and

ofla

w.

At

pres

ent

the

follo

win

gbr

ief

rem

arks

will

suff

ice.

(x)

The

olde

stan

dm

ost

univ

ersa

lly

foun

dty

pfa

lidit

yof

orde

rsis

that

whi

chis

base

dup

onth

esa

cred

ness

ottr

aditi

on.’

The

psyc

holo

gica

lbl

ocks

toan

ych

ange

ofan

inve

tera

teus

age

are

stre

ngth

ened

byth

eap

preh

ensi

onof

mag

ical

detr

imen

ts.

An

orde

rw

hich

has

once

beco

me

valid

isfu

rthe

rmor

epe

rpet

uate

dby

thos

em

anif

old

inte

rest

sw

hich

aris

ew

ith

resp

ect

toth

eco

ntin

uati

onof

acqu

iesc

ence

init

sex

iste

nce.

(2)

inea

rly

soci

ety,

dow

nto

the

stat

utes

ofth

eH

elle

nic

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the

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whi

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ety

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ion

8.A

soci

alre

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inso

far

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xoL

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

D.

SO

CIE

TY

mea

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stru

ggle

asdo

not

cons

ist

inac

tual

phys

ical

viol

ence

shal

lbe

calle

dpe

acef

ulm

eans

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rugg

le.

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peac

eful

stru

ggle

will

beca

lled

corn

peti

tson

ifit

isca

rrie

don

asfo

rmal

lype

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ulen

deav

orto

obta

inth

epo

wer

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spos

ition

over

oppo

rtun

itie

sw

hich

are

cove

ted

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hers

.

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20.

CH

AP

TE

RH

TH

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mic

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ciol

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once

ptof

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hen

we

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“law

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egal

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r,”

or“l

egal

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ion”

(Rr*

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at),

clos

ebe

paid

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edi

stin

ctio

nbe

twee

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view

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akin

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eas

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hat

isto

say:

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tsi

gnif

ican

ceor

,in

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rw

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,w

hat

norm

ativ

em

eani

ngou

ght

tobe

attr

ibut

edin

corr

ect

logi

cto

ave

rbal

patt

ern

hav

ing

the

form

ofa

lega

lpr

opos

itio

n.B

utif

we

take

the

latt

erpo

int

ofvi

ew,

we

ask:

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tac

tual

lyha

ppen

sin

aco

mm

unit

yow

gçe

prob

ablit

-vth

at_p

erso

nspaii

tig

ecm

mm

iaac

iyjy

(Gem

ein

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ande

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vant

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the

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ship

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ecis

ely,

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atic

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ning

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ppos

edly

dete

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ativ

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pers

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her

wor

ds,

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tode

fine

the

fact

sto

whi

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isor

der

appl

ies

and

the

way

inw

hich

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ars

upon

them

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owar

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rist

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king

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ted

the

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prop

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,ex

amin

esea

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them

and

trie

sto

dete

rmin

eit

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gica

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eani

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such

aw

ayth

atal

lof

them

can

beco

mbi

ned

ina

syst

emw

hich

islo

gica

llyco

here

nt,

i.e.,

free

from

inte

rnal

cont

radi

ctio

ns.

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olog

ical

econ

omic

s,3

onth

eot

her

hand

,co

ntem

plat

esth

ein

ter-

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8—38

5.2

Leg

aldo

gmat

ics

(dog

mat

isoh

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echt

swis

sens

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t)—

the

term

freq

uent

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edin

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man

tom

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ays

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okin

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wfr

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phil

osop

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ory,

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ciol

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w.

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the

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auth

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12

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MY

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thus

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for

the

situ

atio

nw

hich

aris

esfr

omth

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onof

the

follo

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fact

ual

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lyus

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that

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ent

prob

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anno

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me

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ctly

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cont

act

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her.

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idea

leg

alor

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has

noth

ing

dire

ctly

todo

wit

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econ

omic

cond

uct,

sinc

both

exis

ton

diff

eren

tle

vels

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neex

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inth

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ofth

e•ou

htw

hile

the

othe

rde

als

wit

hth

ere

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orld

ofth

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s.”

itis

neve

rel

ess

said

that

the

econ

omic

and

the

lega

lor

der

are

inim

atel

yre

late

dto

one

an

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r,th

ela

tter

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ders

tood

,no

tin

the

lega

l,bu

tin

the

soci

olog

ical

se

i.e.,s.

bein

gem

piri

call

yva

lid.

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isco

ntex

t“l

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usas

sum

esa

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diff

eren

tm

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ng.

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fers

,no

tto

ase

tof

norm

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logi

cally

dem

onst

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tnes

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tra

ther

toa

com

plex

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tual

dete

rmin

ants

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tim

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gsgr

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actu

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man

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spo

int

requ

ires

furt

her

elab

orat

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fact

that

som

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bed

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the

actu

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nce

and

cont

inue

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erat

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we

have

seen

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indi

scis

sing

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ific

ance

ofe

“exi

sten

ce”

ofso

cial

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itis

byno

mea

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cess

ary

that

all,

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ena

maj

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ism

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atio

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sa

mat

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ct,

such

asi

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has

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roc

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dm

ass

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ti

wafo

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flec

tive

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tuat

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toa

regu

lari

tyof

life

that

has

engr

aved

itse

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stom

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the

latt

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titu

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ere

univ

ersa

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ela

ww

ould

nolo

nger

“sub

ject

ivel

y”be

rega

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ch,

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ldbe

obse

rved

ascu

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aybe

the

chan

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nse

defi

ned

else

whe

re1

ende

avor

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tth

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onom

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der

asa

cons

titu

ent

part

ofth

eph

enom

ena

ofso

cial

life.

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supr

aIn

trod

ucti

on,

p.IX

.‘S

upra

p.3

etse

q.‘m

ire

p.i6

etse

q.

enfo

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agi

ven

situ

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nce

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norm

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cons

ider

them

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ther

isit

nece

ssar

y—

acco

rdin

gto

wha

tw

assa

idab

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tal

lth

ose

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shar

ea

belie

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atio

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yno

mea

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lno

rms

whi

char

eco

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sual

lyva

lid

ina

com

mun

ity

—as

we

shal

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ela

ter

—ar

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egal

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are

all

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cial

func

tions

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use

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her

mat

eria

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obvi

ous

that

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ctua

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ther

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prob

abil

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sens

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vali

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fact

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gal

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cion

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WIN

EC

ON

OM

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SO

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‘4

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onto

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the

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pros

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w,

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obta

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hesp

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the

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ent

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aco

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bese

tin

mot

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only

thro

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the

“rem

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mem

bers

ofa

lim

ited

grou

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pers

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nw

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on.

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olog

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ly,

the

ques

tion

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heth

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not

guar

ante

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wex

ists

insu

cha

situ

atio

nde

pend

son

the

avai

labi

lity

ofan

orga

nize

dco

erci

veap

para

tus

for

the

nonv

iole

ntex

erci

seof

lega

lco

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on.

Thi

sap

para

tus

mus

tal

sopo

sses

ssu

chpo

wer

that

ther

eis

infa

cta

sign

ific

ant

prob

abil

ity

that

the

norm

will

bere

spec

ted

beca

use

of11

ssii

tyof

reco

urse

tosu

chle

gal

coer

cion

.T

oday

(reg

alcoerc

io)I

viol

ence

isth

em

onop

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ofth

est

ate

All

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rconij

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red

ashe

tero

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and

mos

tly

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alou

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only

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ages

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the

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onof

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poli

tica

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mm

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sens

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mea

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llow

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situ

atio

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tain

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the

case

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nev

ents

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nera

lag

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men

tth

atce

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nor

gans

ofth

eco

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unit

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nbe

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cted

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into

offi

cial

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on,

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the

very

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ctat

ion

ofsu

chac

tion

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tto

indu

ceco

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mit

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ith

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com

man

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rive

dfr

omth

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nera

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pted

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rpre

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onof

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lega

lno

rm;

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chco

nfor

mit

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sbe

com

eun

atta

inab

le,

atle

ast

toef

fect

repa

rati

onor

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fica

tion

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hep.

41.

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git

sor

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from

the

outs

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indu

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nce,

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cion

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man

acts

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rin

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som

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the

vali

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ally

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empi

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cts

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part

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ces

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itio

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ance

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ally

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ms

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wen

actm

ent

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agre

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pose

itup

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here

are

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way

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whi

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cha

“cha

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heat

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the

indi

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othe

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som

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favo

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tere

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aid

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AW

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AN

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Si

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ele

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ary

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the

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ance

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atof

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ance

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vant

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“sta

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tobe

cons

ider

edas

“law

.”O

nly

the

stat

e,if

invo

ked,

wou

ldre

fuse

reco

gniti

onan

dpr

ocee

d,th

roug

hit

sco

erci

vepo

wer

,to

brea

kit

up.

Out

side

the

sphe

reof

the

Eur

opea

n-C

onti

nent

alle

gal

syst

em,

itis

nora

reoc

curr

ence

atal

lth

atm

oder

nst

ate

law

expl

icit

lytr

eats

as“v

alid

”th

eno

rms

ofot

her

corp

orat

egr

oups

and

revi

ews

thei

rco

ncre

tedec

isi

ons.

Am

eric

anla

wth

uspr

otec

tsla

bor

unio

nla

bels

orre

gula

tes

the

cond

ition

sun

der

whi

cha

cand

idat

eis

tobe

rega

rded

as“v

alid

ly”

nom

ina

ted

bya

part

y.E

ngli

shju

dges

inte

rven

e,on

appe

al,

inth

eju

dici

alpr

ocee

ding

sof

acl

ub.

Eve

non

the

cont

inen

tG

erm

anju

dges

inve

stig

ate,

inde

fam

atio

nca

ses,

the

prop

riet

yof

the

reje

ctio

nof

ach

alle

nge

toa

duel

,ev

enth

ough

duel

ling

isfo

rbid

den

byla

w.

9W

esh

all

not

ente

rin

toa

casu

istic

inqu

iry

into

the

exte

ntto

whi

chsu

chno

rms

thus

beco

me

“sta

tela

w.”

For

all

the

reas

ons

give

nab

ove

and,

inpa

rtic

ular

,fo

rth

esa

keof

term

inol

ogic

alco

nsis

tenc

y,w

eca

tego

rica

lly

deny

th”la’

cis

tson

]ie

rele

gal

coer

ciQ

niS

The

reis

nopr

acti

cal

reas

onfo

rsu

cha

teE

!4o

.A

Talor’

shalf

—’

rath

er

be

said

toex

ist

wbeje

ycL

cO

erC

iVem

eafl

QL

&P

.hS

Yth

0lq

gica

lki

nd,

are

pvaj

labl

e:i.

çon

e.ot

.mor

epe

rson

sw

hoho

ldth

emse

lves

read

yto

use

them

for

this

ros

ein

the

case

ofce

rtai

nev

ents

;ia

erw

ords

,w

here

ver

we

find

aco

nsoc

os

ecifi

dedi

cate

fthè

purp

ose

nci

on”

sess

ion

ofpara

tuso

re

ex-

has

nott

hyys

As

far

asps

ycho

logi

cal

coer

cion

isco

ncer

ned,

ther

eis

nosu

chm

onop

oly

even

toda

y,as

dem

onst

rate

dby

the

impo

rtan

ceof

law

guar

ante

edon

lyby

the

chur

ch.

We

have

also

indi

cate

dal

read

yth

atdi

rect

guar

anty

ofla

wan

dof

righ

tsby

aco

erci

veap

para

tus

cons

titu

tes

only

one

inst

ance

ofth

eex

ist

ence

of‘l

aw”

and

of“r

ight

s.”

Eve

nw

ithi

nth

isli

mit

edsp

here

the

coer

cive

appa

ratu

sca

nta

keon

agr

eat

vari

ety

offo

rms.

Inm

argi

nal

case

s,

But

see

infr

ap.

69.

Web

erw

ashi

mse

lfin

volv

edin

asu

itof

this

kind

whe

n,in

1911,

bebr

ough

tac

tion

agai

nst

afa

cult

yco

llea

gue

atth

eU

nive

rsit

yof

Hei

delb

erg

who

had

spre

adth

e—

fals

e—

rum

orth

atW

eber

,w

hen

insu

lted

,ha

dre

ject

eda

chal

leng

eto

adu

el;

see

MA

RIA

NN

EW

EB

ER

,M

AX

WE

BE

R,E

nL

EB

EN

SB

IL.D

(2nd

ed.

1951)

472.

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i8L

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

YE

CO

NO

MIC

SY

ST

EM

AN

DN

OR

MA

TIV

EO

RD

ER

Si

itm

ayco

nsis

tin

the

cons

ensu

ally

vali

dch

ance

ofco

erci

vein

terv

enti

onby

all

the

mem

bers

ofth

eco

mm

unit

yin

the

even

tof

anin

frin

gem

ent

ofa

vali

dno

rm.

How

ever

,in

that

case

one

cann

otpr

oper

lysp

eak

ofa

“coe

rciv

eap

para

tus”

unle

ssth

eco

ndit

ions

unde

rw

hich

part

icip

atio

nin

such

coer

cive

inte

rven

tion

isto

beob

liga

tory

,ar

efi

rmly

fixe

d.In

thos

ecasesjh

jjte

ct-io

n.f

dghts

igu

aran

teec

Lbth

e.o

zgns

ofth

epo

liti

cal

auth

mit

y!th

eco

erci

veap

para

tu&

may

.be

rein

larc

edy

pres

sure

grou

ps:

the

stri

ctre

gula

tion

sof

asso

ciat

ions

ofcr

edit

ors

and

land

lord

s,es

peci

ally

thei

rbl

ackl

ists

ofun

reli

able

debt

ors

orte

nant

s,of

ten

oper

ate

mor

eef

fect

ivel

yth

anth

epr

ospe

ctof

ala

wsu

it.

Itgo

esw

itho

utsa

ying

that

this

kind

ofco

erci

onm

aybe

exte

nded

tocl

aim

sw

hich

the

stat

edo

esno

tgu

aran

tee

atal

l;su

chcl

aim

sar

ene

vert

hele

ssba

sed

onri

ghts

even

thou

ghth

eyar

egu

aran

teed

byau

thor

itie

sot

her

than

the

stat

e.T

hela

wof

the

stat

eof

ten

trie

s_1ao

hs±

rucL

theo

cive

mea

nsof

othe

rco

nsoc

lati

ons,

ihe

EiiE

glis

hL

ibel

Act

thus

trie

stoji

dude

blak

1ist

ing

byex

clud

ing

the

defe

nse

oftr

uth.

alw

ays

succ

essf

ul.

The

rear

egr

oups

stro

nger

than

the

stat

ein

this

res5

ect,

f1fi

sXan

ce,

thos

egr

oups

and

asso

ciat

ions

,us

uall

yba

sed

onso

cial

cla

ss,

whi

chre

lyon

the

“hon

orco

de”

ofth

edu

elas

the

mea

nsof

reso

lv-

ing

conf

licts

.W

ith

cour

tsof

hono

ran

dbo

ycot

tas

the

coer

cive

mea

nsat

thei

rdi

spos

al,

they

usua

lly

succ

eed

inco

mpe

lling

,w

ith

part

icul

arem

pha

sis,

the

fulf

illm

ent

ofob

liga

tion

sas

“deb

tsof

hono

r,”

for

inst

ance

,gam

blin

gde

bts

orth

edu

tyto

enga

gein

adu

el;

such

debt

sar

ein

trin

sica

lly

conn

ecte

dw

ith

the

spec

ific

purp

oses

ofth

egr

oup

inqu

esti

on,

but,

asfa

ras

the

stat

eis

conc

erne

d,th

eyar

eno

tre

cogn

ized

,or

are

even

pro

scri

bed.

But

the

stat

eha

sbe

enfo

rced

,at

leas

tpa

rtia

lly,

totr

imit

ssa

ils.

Itw

ould

inde

edbe

bad

lega

lre

ason

ing

tode

man

dth

atsu

cha

spec

ific

deli

ctas

duel

ling

bepu

nish

edas

“att

empt

edm

urde

r”or

assa

ult

and

batt

ery.

Tho

secr

imes

are

ofa

quit

edi

ffer

ent

char

acte

r.B

utit

rem

ains

afa

ctth

atin

Ger

man

yth

ere

adin

ess

topa

rtic

ipat

ein

adu

elis

still

ale

gal

obli

gati

onim

pose

dby

the

stat

eup

onit

sar

my

offi

cers

even

thou

ghth

edu

elis

expr

essl

yfo

rbid

den

byth

eC

rim

inal

Cod

e.’°

The

Sta

teit

self

has

conn

ecte

dle

gal

cons

eque

nces

wit

han

offic

er’s

fail

ure

toco

mpl

yw

ith

the

hono

rco

de.

Out

side

ofth

ecl

ass

ofar

my

offi

cers

the

situ

atio

nis

diff

eren

t,ho

wev

er.

The

typi

cal

mea

nsof

stat

utor

yco

erci

onap

plie

dby

“pri

vate

”or

gani

zati

ons

agai

nst

refr

acto

rym

embe

rsis

excl

usio

nfr

omth

eco

rpor

ate

body

and

its

tang

ible

orin

tang

ible

adva

ntag

es.

Inth

epro

fess

iona

lor

gani

zati

ons

ofph

ysic

ians

and

law

yers

asw

ell

asin

soci

alor

poli

tica

lcl

ubs,

itis

the

ulti

ma

rati

o.T

hem

oder

npo

liti

cal

orga

niza

tion

has

toa

larg

eex

tent

usur

ped

the

appl

icat

ion

ofth

ese

mea

sure

sof

doer

law

yers

inG

erm

any;

inE

ngla

ndth

est

ate

cour

tsha

vebe

engi

ven

juri

sdi

ctio

nto

revi

ew,

onap

peal

,ex

clus

ions

from

club

s;an

din

Am

eric

ath

eco

urts

have

pow

erov

erpo

liti

cal

part

ies

asw

ell

asth

eri

ght

ofre

view

ing,

onap

peal

,th

ele

gali

tyof

the

use

ofa

unio

nla

bel.

Thi

sco

nflic

tbe

twee

nth

em

eans

ofco

erci

onof

the

vari

ous

corp

orat

egr

oups

isas

old

asth

ela

wits

elf.

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jLhas-

.not-

a1w

ayendçd

ithJ

he—

tsiu

mph

ofth

e.co

erci

vem

eans

ofth

epo

liti

cal

body

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dev

ento

day

this

has

not

alw

ays

bee

eoi

eA

part

y,fo

rin

stan

ce,

who

has

viol

ated

the

code

ofth

egr

oup,

has

nore

med

yag

ains

ta

syst

emat

icat

tem

ptto

driv

ehi

mou

tof

busi

ness

byun

ders

elli

ng.

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ilar

ly,

ther

eis

nopr

otec

tion

agai

nst

bein

gbl

ackl

iste

dfo

rha

ving

avai

led

ones

elf

ofth

epl

eaof

ille

gali

tyof

aco

ntra

ctin

futu

res.

Inth

eM

iddl

eA

ges

the

proh

ibit

ions

ofre

sort

ing

toth

eec

cles

iast

ical

cour

tco

ntai

ned

inth

est

atut

esof

cert

ain

mer

chan

ts’

guild

sw

ere

clea

rly

inva

lid

from

the

poin

tof

view

ofca

non

law

,bu

tth

eype

rsis

ted

no

net

hel

ess.

11

Toa

cons

ider

able

exte

ntth

est

ate

mus

tto

lera

teth

eco

erci

vepo

wer

oforg

aniz

atio

nev

enm

berT

hii

Iin

uts

iders

onw

hom

thqaniz

ati

on

trie

sto

im5il

è1t

wri

norm

s.Il

lust

rati

ons

are

affo

rded

byth

eef

fort

ofca

rtel

sto

forc

eou

tsid

ers

into

mem

bers

hip,

orby

the

mea

sure

sta

ken

bycr

edi

tors

’as

soci

atio

nsag

ains

tde

btor

san

dte

nant

s.A

nim

port

ant

mar

gina

lca

seof

coer

cive

lygu

aran

teed

law

,in

the

soci

olo

gica

lse

nse,

ispr

esen

ted

byth

atsi

tuat

ion

whi

chm

aybe

rega

rded

asth

eve

ryop

posi

teof

that

whi

chis

pres

ente

dby

the

mod

ern

poli

tica

lco

mm

uniti

esas

wel

las

byth

ose

relig

ious

com

mun

itie

sw

hich

appl

yth

eir

own

“law

s.”

Inth

em

oder

nco

mm

unit

ies

the

law

isgu

aran

teed

bya

“jud

ge”

orso

me

othe

r“o

rgan

”w

hois

anim

part

ial

and

disi

nter

este

dum

pire

rath

erth

ana

pers

onw

how

ould

bech

arac

teri

zed

bya

spec

ial

rela

tion

ship

wit

hon

eor

the

othe

rof

the

part

ies.

Inth

esi

tuat

ion

whi

chw

eha

vein

min

dth

em

eans

ofco

erci

onar

epr

ovid

edby

thos

eve

ryper

Sons

who

are

link

edto

the

part

yby

clos

epe

rson

alre

lati

onsh

ip,

for

exam

ple,

asm

embe

rsof

his

kins

hip

grou

p.Ju

stas

war

unde

rm

oder

nin

tern

atio

nal

law

,so

unde

rth

ese

cond

itio

ns“v

enge

ance

”an

d“f

eud”

are

the

only

,or

atle

ast,

the

norm

al,

form

sof

law

enfo

rcem

ent.

Inth

isca

se,

the

“rig

ht”

ofth

ein

divi

dual

cons

ists

,so

ciol

ogic

ally

seen

,in

the

mer

epr

obab

ilit

yth

atth

em

embe

rsof

his

kins

hip

grou

pw

illre

spon

dto

thei

rob

liga

tion

ofsu

ppor

ting

his

feud

and

bloo

dve

ngea

nce

(an

obli

gati

on‘°

Wri

tten

befo

reth

eR

evol

utio

nof

1918.

“See

infr

ap.

253.

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20

LA

WIN

EC

ON

OM

YA

ND

SO

CIE

TY

prim

aril

ygu

aran

teed

byfe

arof

the

wra

thof

supe

rnat

ural

auth

orit

ies)

and

that

they

will

poss

ess

stre

ngth

suff

icie

ntto

supp

ort

the

righ

tcl

aim

edby

him

even

thou

ghno

tne

cess

aril

yto

achi

eve

itsfi

nal

triu

mph

.T

hete

rm“l

egal

rela

tion

ship

”w

illbe

appl

ied

tode

sign

ate

that

situ

atio

nin

whi

chth

eco

nten

tof

ari

ght

isco

nsti

tute

dby

are

lati

onsh

ip,

i.e.,

the

actu

alor

pote

ntia

lac

tion

sof

conc

rete

pers

ons

orof

pers

ons

tobe

iden

tifie

dby

conc

rete

crit

eria

.T

heri

ghts

cont

aine

din

ale

gal

rela

tion

ship

may

vary

inac

cord

ance

with

the

actu

ally

occu

rrin

gac

tions

.In

this

sens

ea

stat

eca

nbe

desi

gnat

edas

ale

gal

rela

tion

ship

,ev

enin

the

hypo

thet

ical

mar

gina

lca

sein

whi

chth

eru

ler

alon

eis

rega

rded

asen

dow

edw

ith

righ

ts(t

heri

ght

togi

veor

ders

)an

dw

here

,ac

cord

ingl

y,th

eop

port

unit

ies

ofal

lth

eot

her

indi

vidu

als

are

redu

ced

tore

flex

esof

his

regu

lati

ons.

Law

,

Sign

ifica

nce

ofU

sage

inth

eF

orm

atio

nof

Law

—C

hang

eth

roug

hIn

tuit

ion

and

Em

path

y—

Bor

derl

ine

Zone

sbe

twee

nC

onve

ntio

n,U

sage

, and

Law

L,

conv

enti

on,

and

usag

ebe

long

toth

esa

me

cont

inuu

mw

ithim

e‘b

letr

ansi

tion

sle

adin

gfr

omon

eto

the

othe

r.W

esh

all

defi

nesa

ge

mea

na

typi

call

yun

ifor

mati

rhic

his

kept

onth

ebe

aten

sim

ply

beca

use

men

are

C’a

ccus

tom

ecj.

toit

and

pers

ist

init

byun

refl

ecti

veim

itat

ion

Itis

acà

i4ct

i.ze.

-way

ofac

ting,

the

perp

etua

tion

ofw

hich

edi

vidu

alis

not

“req

uire

d”in

any

sens

eby

anyo

ne.

on

venf

the

othe

rha

nd,

shal

lbe

said

toex

ist

whe

reve

ra

cert

ain

soug

htto

bein

duce

dw

itho

ut,

how

ever

,an

yco

erci

on,

phys

ical

orps

ycho

logi

cal,

and,

atle

ast

unde

rno

rmal

circ

umst

ance

s,w

itho

utan

ydi

rect

reac

tion

othe

rth

anth

eex

pres

sion

ofap

prov

alor

disa

ppro

val

onth

epa

rtof

thos

epe

rson

sw

hoco

nsti

tute

the

9yir

oth

eac

tor.

“Con

vent

ion”

mus

tbe

dist

ingu

ishe

dfr

omcu

storn

arla

.W

esh

all

abst

ain

here

from

crit

iciz

ing

this

not

very

usef

ulco

nce

pt.

12

Acc

ordi

ngto

the

usua

lte

rmin

olog

y,th

eva

lidi

tyof

ano

rmas

cust

omar

yla

wco

nsi

sts

inth

eye

likel

ihoo

dth

ata

coer

cive

appa

ratu

sw

ilo

mtfo

rit

sen

forc

emen

t_al

thou

ghit

eny

rom

mer

eco

nsen

sus

rath

erth

anfr

omenactm

eC

onve

ntio

n,on

ized

bye

very

ase

nce

ofan

ccrc

ive

appa

ratu

s,i.

e.,

ofan

y,at

leas

tre

lati

vely

clea

rly

deim

ited

,gr

oup

ofpe

rson

sw

how

ould

cont

inuo

usly

hold

them

selv

esre

ady

for

the

spec

ial

task

ofle

gal

coer

cion

thro

ugh

phys

ical

orps

ycho

logi

cal

mea

ns.

‘‘C

f.in

jra

p.66

.

EC

ON

OM

ICS

YS

TE

MA

ND

NO

RM

AT

IVE

OR

DE

RS

21

The

exis

tenc

eof

am

ere

usag

e,ev

enun

acco

mpa

nied

byco

nven

tion

,ca

nbe

offa

r-re

achi

ngec

onom

icsi

gnif

ican

ce.

The

leve

lof

econ

omic

need

,w

hich

cons

titu

tes

the

basi

sof

all

“eco

nom

icac

tivi

ty,”

isco

mpr

ehen

sive

lyco

ndit

ione

dby

mer

e“u

sage

.”T

hein

divi

dual

mig

htfr

eehi

mse

lfof

itw

itho

utar

ousi

ngth

esl

ight

est

disa

ppro

val.

Infa

ct,

how

ever

,he

cann

otes

cape

from

itex

cept

wit

hth

egr

eate

stdi

ffic

ulty

,an

dit

does

not

chan

geex

cept

whe

reit

com

esgr

adua

lly

togi

vew

ayto

the

imit

atio

nof

the

dif

fere

ntus

age

ofso

me

othe

rso

cial

grou

p.W

eha

veal

read

yse

en13

that

the

unif

orm

ity

ofm

ere

usag

esca

nbe

ofim

port

ance

inth

efo

rmat

ion

ofgr

oups

ofso

cial

inte

rcou

rse

atid

ofin

term

arri

age.

Itm

ayal

sogi

vea

cert

ain,

thou

ghra

ther

inta

ngib

le,

impe

tus

tow

ard

the

form

atio

nof

feel

ings

of“e

thni

c”id

enti

fica

tion

and,

inth

atw

ay,

cont

ribu

teto

the

crea

tion

ofco

mm

unit

y.’

4A

tan

yra

te,

adhe

renc

eto

wha

tha

sas

such

beco

me

ris

such

ast

ron

corn

--en

tof

all

condu

and.c

eq

uen

tly

1Qf

all

colJ

ctiv

eco

nuc

t,t-.’-

lega

lco

erci

on,

we1E

nsg

eli

i1g

al

obfià

iniO

TfT

he

“usu

al”)

ofte

nad

dspf

acti

call

__no

thin

toits

effe

ctiv

enes

san

d,w

here

itopposn

tffñ

tiy

taii

s11i

The

aem

pto

infl

uenc

eac

tual

cond

uct.

Con

vent

ion

iseq

uall

yef

fect

ive,

ifno

tev

enm

ore.

Inco

untle

sssi

tuat

ions

the

indi

vidu

alde

pend

son

his

envi

ronm

ent

for

asp

onta

neo

us,p

on

se,

not

guar

ante

edby

any

eart

hly

ortr

ansc

ende

ntal

auth

ori

ty,,e

exis

tenc

eof

a“c

onve

ntio

n”m

ayth

usbe

far

mor

eer

min

ativ

eof

his

coxi

sen

ceo

egen

orce

men

t

Obv

ious

lyth

ebo

rder

line

betw

een

usag

ean

dco

nv

enti

on

isfl

uid.

The

furt

her

we

goba

ckin

hist

ory,

the

mor

ew

efi

ndth

atco

nduc

t,an

dpar

ticu

larl

yco

llect

ive

cond

uct,

isde

term

ined

,in

anev

erm

ore

com

preh

ensi

vesp

here

,ex

clus

ivel

yby

orie

ntat

ion

tow

hat

iscu

stom

ary.

The

mor

eth

isis

so,

the

mor

edi

squi

etin

gar

eth

eef

fect

sof

any

devi

atio

nfr

omth

ecu

stom

ary.

Inth

issi

tuat

ion,

any

such

devi

atio

nse

ems

toac

ton

the

psyc

heof

the

aver

age

indi

vidu

allik

eth

edi

stur

banc

eof

anor

gani

cfu

nc

tion,

from

whi

chit

appe

ars

inde

edto

deri

ve.

Pre

sent

ennk

gica

Uit

p.ti

ir_u

redo

esno

tal

l,ow

usto

de.te

rniin

e_ve

ryth

tF’if

firs

tva

guel

yan

ddi

mly

expe

rien

ced,

‘con

sens

ual’

chara

cte

ftto

mm

unal

acti

on,

or,

inot

her

wor

ds,

toth

eon

ceQ

ftb

eg

ss”

ofce

rtai

nac

cust

omed

mod

esof

cond

uct,

yen

less

can

we

trac

eth

ech

ange

sof

the

scop

eof

acti

viti

esw

ith

resp

ect

tow

hich

this

trãn

Sit

ion

W.u

.G.i;

Pars

ons’

tr.

xx8.

See

W.u

.G.

ii6.

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22

LA

WIN

EC

ON

OM

YA

ND

SO

CIE

TY

took

plac

e.W

esh

all

thus

by-p

ass

this

prob

lem

.It

isen

tire

lya

ques

tion

ofte

rmin

olog

yan

dco

nven

ienc

eat

whi

chpo

int

oe

sha

assu

me

te

exis

tenc

eotejec

ive

conc

eio

nof

a“l

egal

obgati

óh’O

bJj

veJy

fhe

‘èha

nce

ofth

efa

ctua

loc

curr

ence

oa

viol

ent

reac

tion

agai

nst

cert

ain

type

sof

cond

uct

has

alw

ays

been

pres

ent

amon

ghu

man

bein

gsas

wel

las

amon

gan

imal

s.It

wou

ldbe

far-

fetc

hed,

how

ever

,to

assu

me

inev

ery

such

case

the

exis

tenc

eof

aco

mm

unal

lyva

lid

norm

,or

that

the

acti

onin

ques

tion

wou

ldbe

dire

cted

bya

clea

rly

con

ceiv

edco

nsci

ous

purp

ose.

Per

haps

,a.

rudi

men

tary

conc

epti

onof

“dut

y”m

aybe

dete

rmin

ativ

ein

the

beha

vior

ofso

me

dom

estic

anim

als

toa

grea

ter

exte

ntth

anm

aybe

foun

din

abor

igin

alm

anif

we

may

use

this

high

lyam

bigu

ous

conc

ept

inw

hat

isin

this

cont

ext

acl

earl

yin

telli

gibl

ese

nse.

We

have

noac

cess

,ho

wev

er,

toth

e“s

ubje

ctiv

e”ex

peri

ence

sof

the

firs

tho

mo

sapi

ens

and

such

conc

epts

asth

eal

lege

dly

prim

ordi

al,

orev

ena

prio

ri,

char

acte

rof

law

orco

nven

tion

are

ofno

use

wha

tsoe

ver

toem

piri

cal

soci

olog

y.It

isno

tdu

eto

the

assu

med

bind

ing

forc

eof

som

eru

leor

norm

that

the

cond

uct

ofpr

imit

ive

man

man

ifes

tsce

rtai

nex

tern

alfa

ctua

lre

gula

riti

es,

espe

cial

lyin

his

rela

tion

tohi

sfe

llow

s.O

nth

eco

ntra

ry,

thos

eor

gani

call

yco

ndit

ione

dre

gula

riti

esw

hich

we

have

toac

cept

asps

ycho

phys

ical

real

ity,

are

prim

ary.

Itis

from

them

that

the

conc

ept

of“n

atur

alno

rms”

aris

es.

The

inne

rps

ycho

logi

cal

orie

ntat

ion

tow

ards

such

regu

lari

ties

cont

ains

init

self

very

tang

ible

inhi

biti

ons

agai

nst

“inn

ovat

ions

,”a

fact

whi

chca

nbe

obse

rved

even

toda

yby

ever

yone

inhi

sda

ily

expe

rinc

es,

and

itco

nsti

tute

sa

stro

ngsu

ppor

tfo

rth

ebe

lief

in“(

ough

tnes

sIn

view

ofsu

ch. o

bser

vati

onw

em

ust

ask

how

anyt

hing

new

an

ever

aris

ein

this

wor

ld,

orie

nted

asit

isto

war

dth

ere

gula

ran

dth

eeI

u1pf

fcal

lyva

lid.

No

doub

tin

nova

tion

sha

vebe

enin

duce

dfr

omth

eou

tsid

e,i.e

.,by

chan

ges

inth

eex

tern

alco

ndit

ions

oflif

e.B

utth

ere

spon

seev

oked

byex

tern

alch

ange

may

beth

eex

tinc

tion

oflif

eas

wel

las

its

reor

ient

atio

n;th

ere

isno

way

offo

rete

llin

g.F

urth

erm

ore,

exte

rnal

chan

geis

byno

mea

nsa

nece

ssar

ypr

econ

diti

onfo

rin

nova

tion

:in

som

eof

the

mos

tsi

gnif

ican

tca

ses,

itha

sno

tev

enbe

ena

cont

ribu

ting

fact

orin

the

esta

blis

hmen

tof

ane

wor

der.

The

evid

ence

ofet

hnol

ogy

seem

sra

ther

tosh

owth

atth

em

ost

impo

rtan

tso

urce

ofin

nova

tion

has

been

the

infl

uenc

eof

indi

vidu

aLs

who

have

expe

rien

ced

cert

ain

type

sof

“abn

orm

al”

stat

es(w

hich

are

freq

uent

ly,

but

not

alw

ays,

rega

rded

bypr

esen

t-da

yps

ychi

atry

aspath

olog

ical

)an

dw

ho,

asa

resu

ltof

thes

eex

peri

ence

s,ha

vebe

enca

pabl

eof

exer

cisi

nga

spec

ial

infl

uenc

eon

othe

rs.

We

are

not

disc

ussi

nghe

reth

eor

igin

ofth

ese

expe

rien

ces

whi

chap

pear

tobe

“new

”as

aco

nse

quen

ceof

thei

r“a

bnor

mal

ity,

”bu

tra

ther

thei

ref

fect

s.T

hese

infl

uenc

es

EC

ON

OM

ICS

YS

TE

MA

ND

NO

RM

AT

IVE

OR

DE

RS

23

whi

chov

erco

me

the

iner

tia

ofth

ecu

stom

ary

may

orig

inat

efr

oma

var

iet

yof

psyc

holo

gica

loc

curr

ence

s.T

oH

elip

ach

l4a

we

owe

the

dist

inct

ion

betw

een

two

cate

gori

esw

hich

,de

spit

eth

epo

ssib

iit

oer

med

iate

form

s,no

neth

eles

sap

pear

aspo

lar

type

s.T

hefi

rst

insp

ira

,co

nsis

tsin

the

sudd

enaw

aken

ing,

thro

ugh

dras

tic

mea

ns,

ofth

eaw

aren

ess

that

ace

rtai

nac

tion

“oug

ht”

done

byhi

mw

hoha

sth

isex

peri

ence

.In

the

othe

rfo

rm,

that

ofem

athy

orid

enti

fica

tto

the

infl

uenc

ing

pers

on’s

atti

tude

isem

path

ical

lyex

peri

ence

dby

one

orm

ore

othe

rs.

The

type

sof

acti

onw

hich

are

prod

uced

inth

ese

way

sm

ayva

rygr

eatl

y.V

ery

ofte

n,ho

wev

er,

aco

llect

ive

acti

onis

indu

ced

whi

chis

orie

nted

tow

ard

the

infl

uenc

ing

pers

onan

dhi

sex

peri

ence

and

from

whi

ch,

intu

rn,

cert

ain

type

sof

cons

ensu

sw

ith

corr

espo

ndin

gco

nten

tsm

aybe

deve

lope

d.If

they

are

“ada

pted

”to

the

exte

rnal

envi

ronm

ent,

they

will

surv

ive.

The

effe

cts

of“e

mpa

thy”

and,

even

mor

eso

,of

“ins

pira

tion

”(u

sual

lylu

mpe

dto

geth

erun

der

the

ambi

guou

ste

rm“s

ugge

stio

n”)

cons

titu

teth

em

ajor

sour

ces

for

the

real

izat

ion

ofac

tual

inno

vati

ons

who

se“e

stab

lish

men

t”as

are

gula

rity

will

,in

turn

,re

info

rce

the

sens

eof

“oug

htne

ss,”

byw

iich

itm

aypo

ssib

lybe

acco

mpa

nied

.T

hefe

elin

gof

ough

tnes

s,it

istr

ue,

may

undo

ubte

dly

appe

aras

som

ethi

ngpr

imar

yan

dor

igin

alev

enin

the

case

ofin

nova

tion

,as

soon

asth

ere

are

but

the

rudi

men

tsof

aco

nsci

ous

and

purp

osiv

eco

ncep

tof

inno

vati

on.

Par

ticu

larl

yin

the

case

of“i

nspi

rati

on”

itm

ayco

nsti

tute

aps

ycho

logi

cal

com

pone

nt.

Itis

con

fusi

ng,

how

ever

,w

hen

imit

atio

nof

ane

wty

peof

cond

uct

isre

gard

edas

the

basi

can

dpr

imar

yel

emen

tin

itsdi

ffus

ion.

Und

oubt

edly

,im

itat

ion

isof

extr

aord

inar

yim

port

ance

,bu

tas

age

nera

lru

leit

isse

cond

ary

and

cons

titu

tes

only

asp

ecia

lca

se.

Ifth

eco

nduc

tof

ado

g,m

an’s

olde

stco

mpa

nion

,is

“ins

pire

d”by

man

,su

chco

nduc

t,ob

viou

sly,

cann

otbe

desc

ribe

das

“im

itat

ion

ofm

anby

dog.

”In

ave

ryla

rge

num

ber

ofca

ses,

the

rela

tion

betw

een

the

pers

ons

infl

uenc

ing

and

thos

ein

flue

nced

isex

actl

yof

this

kind

.In

som

eca

ses,

itm

ayap

prox

imat

e“e

mpa

thy,

”in

othe

rs,

“im

itat

ion,

”co

ndit

ione

dei

ther

byra

tion

alpu

rpos

eor

inth

ew

ays

of“m

ass

psyc

holo

gy.”

Ijy

case

,ho

wev

er,

the

emer

ging

inno

vati

onis

mos

tli

kely

topro

tde

rive

sfr

omasty

onn

such

case

sa

conv

enti

onw

illre

sult

or,

unde

rce

rtai

nci

rcum

stan

ces,

even

consu

a1

-coe

rciv

eac

tioggin

stjl

evia

nts

..A

slo

ngas

relig

ious

fait

his

stro

ng,

conv

enti

on,

that

is,

the

appr

oval

ordi

sapp

rova

lby

the

envi

ronm

ent,

enge

nder

s,as

Tjf

lyH

eilp

ach

(bor

n18

77),

prof

esso

rof

med

icin

e,kn

own

byhi

shi

ghly

orig

inal

inve

stig

atio

nson

the

infl

uenc

eof

met

eoro

logi

cal

and

geog

raph

icph

enom

ena

upon

the

min

d.

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WIN

EC

ON

OM

YA

ND

SO

CIE

TY

hist

oric

alex

peri

ence

show

s,th

eho

pean

dfa

ith

that

the

supe

rnat

ural

pow

ers

too

will

rew

ard

orpu

nish

thos

eac

tion

sw

hich

are

appr

oved

ordi

sapp

rove

din

this

wor

ld.

Con

vent

ion,

unde

rap

prop

riat

eco

nditi

ons,

may

also

prod

uce

the

furt

her

belie

fth

atno

ton

lyth

eac

tor

him

self

but

also

thos

ear

ound

him

may

have

tosu

ffer

from

the

wra

thof

thos

esu

per

natu

ral

pow

ers,

and

that

,th

eref

ore,

reac

tion

isin

cum

bent

upon

all,

acti

ngei

ther

indi

vidu

ally

orth

roug

hth

eco

erci

veap

para

tus

ofso

me

orga

niza

tion

.In

cons

eque

nce

ofth

eco

nsta

ntre

curr

ence

ofa

cert

ain

patt

ern

ofco

nduc

t,th

eid

eam

ayar

ise

inth

em

inds

ofth

egu

aran

tors

ofa

part

icul

arno

rm,

that

they

are

conf

ront

edno

long

erw

ith

mer

eus

age

orco

nven

tion,

but

wit

ha

lega

lob

ligat

ion

requ

irin

gen

forc

emen

t.or

mw

hich

has

atta

ined

such

prac

tica

lva

lidi

tyis

calle

dus

tom

aIa

Eve

ntua

lly,

the

inte

rest

sin

volv

edm

ayen

gend

era

rati

onal

lyco

nsid

ered

desi

reto

secu

reth

eco

nven

tion,

orth

eob

ligat

ion

ofcu

stom

ary

law

,ag

ains

tsu

bver

sion

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dto

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the

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orth

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oval

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men

tof

the

conv

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onal

obli

gati

ons

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also

beco

me

ale

gal

oblig

atio

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dw

eha

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case

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ctly

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rear

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mer

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ivil

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e,Se

c.13

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tran

sact

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whi

chis

cont

rary

togo

odm

oral

sis

void

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c.82

6:“O

new

hoca

uses

harm

toan

othe

rin

tent

iona

lly

and

ina

man

ner

whi

chis

agai

nst

good

mor

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has

toco

mpe

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eth

eot

her

for

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ON

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ICS

YS

TE

MA

ND

NO

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AT

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OR

DE

RS

25

stan

ces

ofin

term

edia

tety

pes,

as,

for

exam

ple,

the

cour

tsof

love

ofth

eT

roub

adou

rsof

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venc

ew

hich

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“jur

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ctio

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mat

ters

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orth

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udge

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his

orig

inal

role

asar

bitr

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seek

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topr

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ea

sett

lem

ent

betw

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feud

ing

anta

goni

sts,

perh

aps

also

rend

erin

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verd

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lack

ing

coer

cive

pow

ers

ofhi

sow

n;or

,fi

nally

,m

oder

nin

tern

atio

nal

cour

tsof

arbi

trat

ion.

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chca

ses,

the

amor

phou

sap

prov

alor

dis

appr

oval

ofth

een

viro

nmen

tha

scr

ysta

lliz

edin

toa

set

ofco

mm

ands

,pro

hibi

tion

s,an

dpe

rmis

sion

sau

thor

itat

ivel

ypr

omul

gate

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conc

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lyor

gani

zed

patt

ern

ofco

erci

on.

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epti

ngsi

tuat

ions

ofm

ere

play

,as

,fo

rin

stan

ce,

the

cour

tsof

love

,su

chca

ses

may

becl

assi

fied

as“l

aw”

pro.

vide

dth

eju

dgm

ent

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rmal

lyba

cked

not

only

byth

eper

sona

l,an

dth

eref

ore

irre

leva

nt,

opin

ion

ofth

eju

dge,

but

by,

atle

ast,

som

ebo

ycot

tas

self

-hel

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the

kins

hip

grou

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est

ate,

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me

othe

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oup

ofpe

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nsw

hose

righ

tha

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envi

olat

ed,

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the

last

two

ofth

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iust

rati

ons

abov

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ccor

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toourd

enit

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the

fact

that

som

ety

peof

cond

uct

is“a

ppro

ved”

or“dis

apri

yeçby

ever

som

any

pers

ons

isin

suff

icie

ntto

cóti

tuti

Fia

veti

”;

itis

esse

ntia

lth

atcatt

itu

des

are

like

lyto

find

expr

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nin

asp

ecif

icen

viro

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his

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cour

se,

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mea

ntin

any

geog

raph

ical

sens

e.B

utth

ere

mus

tbe

som

ete

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oup

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sw

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titu

tes

the

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ronm

ent

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n.It

does

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mat

ter

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ntex

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ete

stis

cons

titu

ted

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omic

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te,

race

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ligio

n,po

liti

cal

alle

gian

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se.

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itm

atte

rth

atth

em

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leor

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able

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orth

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iste

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entio

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our

sens

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isno

tre

quir

edth

atth

een

viro

nmen

tbe

con

stit

uted

bya

corp

orat

eor

gani

zed

grou

pas

we

unde

rsta

ndth

atte

rm.

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very

oppo

site

isfr

eque

ntly

the

case

.B

utth

eva

lidi

tyof

law

,p

resu

ppos

ing,

asw

eha

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en,

the

exis

tenc

eof

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emen

tm

achi

nery

,is

nece

ssar

ily

aco

roll

ary

ofor

gani

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colle

ctiv

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tion.

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cour

se,

we

dono

tim

ply

that

the

colle

ctiv

ew

ould

regu

late

only

its

own

corp

orat

eor

colle

ctiv

eac

tion.

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rath

erth

atth

eor

gani

zed

coll

ecti

vity

mus

tbe

said

tobe

the

“sus

tain

er”

ofth

ela

w.

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e“c

ourt

sof

love

”(c

ours

d’am

our)

belo

nged

toth

eam

usem

ents

ofpo

lite

soci

ety

atth

ehi

ghpe

riod

ofch

ival

ryan

dth

etr

ouba

dour

s(t

wel

fth

toth

irte

enth

cent

ury)

.T

hey

are

repo

rted

toha

veco

nsis

ted

ofci

rcle

sof

ladi

esw

how

ere

orga

nize

din

the

way

ofco

urts

and

rend

ered

judg

men

tsan

dop

inio

nsin

mat

ters

ofco

urtl

ylo

vean

dm

anne

rs.

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yfl

ouri

shed

inso

uthe

rnF

ranc

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peci

ally

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venc

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here

they

cam

eto

anen

dw

ith

the

coll

apse

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rove

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soci

ety

inth

e“c

rusa

de”

agai

nst

the

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igen

sian

here

tics

.In

the

late

Mid

dle

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s,a

bril

lian

tco

urt

oflo

veis

repo

rted

toha

vefl

ouri

shed

for

som

eye

ars

atth

eB

urgu

ndia

nco

urt

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uzzi

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xnsc

OF

TU

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the

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nera

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the

othe

rha

nd,

we

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far

from

asse

rtin

gth

atle

gal

rule

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the

sens

ehe

reus

ed,

wou

ldof

fer

the

only

stan

dard

ofsu

bjec

tive

orie

ntat

ion

for

cons

ensu

al,

com

mun

al,

corp

orat

e,or

inst

itut

iona

lac

tion

,w

hich

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em

ust

rem

embe

r,is

noth

ing

but

ase

gmen

tof

soci

olog

ical

lyre

leva

ntco

ndu

ctin

gene

ral.

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olle

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eor

der”

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ders

tood

tobe

cons

titu

ted

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lth

ose

dete

rmin

able

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lari

ties

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hich

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uenc

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lex

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resu

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atio

nto

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rule

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oth

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that

itis

cons

ciou

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tow

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rule

sat

all

and

does

not

mer

ely

spri

ngfr

omun

refl

ecti

veha

bitu

atio

n,th

eru

les

are

ofth

ena

ture

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sage

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d“c

onve

ntio

n,”

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inpa

rt,

and

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npr

edom

inan

tly,

they

are

rati

onal

max

ims

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self

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indi

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ts,

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eef

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oper

atio

nof

whi

chea

chpa

rtic

ipan

tis

coun

ting

for

his

own

cond

uct

asw

ell

asfo

rth

atof

all

othe

rs.

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sex

pect

atio

nis

,in

deed

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stif

ied

obje

ctiv

ely,

espe

cial

lysi

nce

the

max

im,

thou

ghla

ckin

gle

gal

guar

anti

es,

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nco

nsti

tute

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esu

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tm

atte

rof

som

esp

ecia

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iati

onor

cons

ensu

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hech

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coer

cion

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ch,

asal

read

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enti

oned

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otiv

ates

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cond

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slig

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also

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ctiv

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ate

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than

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itto

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ale

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hics

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ing

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late

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alno

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ters

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ence

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hela

w,

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nt,

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gal

prop

osit

ions

and

lega

lsy

stem

sin

whi

chle

gal

cons

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nces

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clud

ing

even

puni

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ent,

are

caus

ally

conn

ecte

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clus

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yw

ith

exte

rnal

even

ts.

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this

situ

atio

nis

not

the

norm

alon

e.L

egal

cons

eque

nces

atta

chto

bona

orm

ala

fide

s,or

“int

enti

on,”

orm

oral

turp

itud

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da

good

man

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pure

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ctiv

efa

ctor

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oral

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man

dmen

ts,

onth

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her

hand

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min

gat

over

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inpr

acti

cal,

and

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exte

rnal

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tth

ose

anti

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mat

ive

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lses

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the

“men

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ude.

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rom

the

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ativ

epo

int

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eww

esh

ould

thus

dist

ingu

ish

betw

een

the

two

phen

omen

ano

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rnal

and

subj

ecti

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asre

pres

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ffer

ent

degr

ees

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ess.

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mth

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how

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hica

lva

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nor

mal

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enti

cal

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this

only

inso

far

asth

isco

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quir

epr

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sign

ific

ance

inco

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fact

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dre

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ican

ce.

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whe

reve

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isha

sbe

enth

eca

se,

they

have

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late

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the

past

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reis

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fact

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nter

edon

this

test

.N

oton

lyth

eth

eore

tica

lly

cons

truc

ted

anar

chic

also

ciet

y,th

e“t

heor

y”an

d“c

riti

que”

ofw

hich

Sta

min

ler

has

elab

orat

edw

ith

the

aid

ofhi

ssc

hola

stic

conc

epts

,bu

tal

soa

good

num

ber

ofco

nso

ciat

ions

exis

ting

inth

ere

alw

orld

have

disp

ense

dw

ith

the

lega

lch

arac

ter

ofth

eir

conv

enti

onal

norm

s.T

hey

have

done

soon

the

assu

mpt

ion

that

the

mer

efa

ctof

the

soci

aldi

sapp

rova

lof

norm

infr

inge

men

tw

ith

its,

ofte

nve

ryre

al,

indi

rect

cons

eque

nces

will

suff

ice

asa

sanc

tion

.F

rom

the

soci

olog

ical

poin

tof

view

,le

gal

orde

ran

dco

nven

tion

alor

der

doth

usno

tco

nsti

tute

any

basi

cco

ntra

st,

sinc

e,qu

ite

apar

tfr

omob

viou

sca

ses

oftr

ansi

tion

,co

nven

tion

,to

o,is

sust

aine

dby

psyc

holo

gica

las

wel

las

(at

leas

tin

dire

ctly

)ph

ysic

alco

erci

on.

Itis

only

wit

hre

gard

toth

eso

ciol

ogic

alst

ruct

ure

ofco

erci

onth

atth

eydi

ffer

:T

heco

nven

tion

alor

der

lack

ssp

ecia

lized

pers

onne

lfo

rth

eim

plem

enta

tion

ofco

erci

vepo

wer

(enf

orce

men

tmac

hine

ry:

prie

sts,

judg

es,p

olic

e,th

em

ilit

ary,

etc.

).A

bove

all,

Sta

mm

ler

conf

uses

the

idea

lva

lidi

tyof

ano

rmw

ith

the

assu

med

vali

dity

ofa

norm

inits

actu

alin

flue

nce

onem

piri

cal

acti

on.

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form

erca

nbe

dedu

ced

syst

emat

ical

lyby

lega

lth

eori

sts

and

mor

alph

ilos

ophe

rs;

the

latt

er,

inst

ead,

ough

tto

beth

esu

bjec

tof

empi

rica

lW

mrs

cnr

uu

Rxcr

(1896)

125.

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28

LA

WIN

EC

ON

OM

YA

ND

SO

CIE

TY

obse

rvat

ion.

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ther

mor

e,S

tam

mle

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onof

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se“o

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fact

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asi

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wit

hth

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conc

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stri

ctly

sepa

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rule

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uent

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edin

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guar

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imar

ily

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ycho

logi

cal

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cion

.T

radi

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thus

mak

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hem

ere

fact

ofth

ere

gula

rre

curr

ence

ofce

rtai

nev

ents

som

eho

wco

nfer

son

them

the

dign

ity

ofou

ghtn

ess.

Thi

sis

true

wit

hre

gard

tona

tura

lev

ents

asw

ell

asto

acti

onco

ndit

ione

dor

gani

call

yor

byun

refl

ectiv

eim

itat

ion

of,

orad

apta

tion

to,

exte

rnal

cond

ition

sof

life.

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plie

sto

the

accu

stom

edco

urse

ofth

est

ars

asor

dain

edby

the

divi

nepo

wer

s,as

wel

las

toth

ese

ason

alfl

oods

ofth

eN

ile

orth

eac

cust

omed

way

ofre

mun

erat

ing

slav

ela

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rs,

who

byth

ela

war

eun

cond

itio

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ysu

rren

dere

dto

the

pow

erof

thei

rm

aste

rs.

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neve

rth

ere

gula

riti

esof

acti

onha

vebe

com

eco

nven

tiona

lized

,i.e

.,w

hene

ver

ast

atis

tica

lly

freq

uent

acti

onha

sbe

com

ea

cons

ensu

ally

orie

nted

acti

on(t

his

is,

inou

rte

rmin

olog

y,th

ere

alm

eani

ngof

this

deve

lopm

ent)

,w

esh

all

spea

kof

“tra

diti

on.”

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nnot

beov

erst

ress

edth

atth

em

ere

habi

tuat

ion

toa

mod

eof

ac

tion,

the

inst

inct

topr

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veth

isha

bitu

atio

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d,m

uch

mor

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,tr

adi

tion,

have

afo

rmid

able

infl

uenc

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favo

rof

aha

bitu

ated

lega

lor

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even

whe

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chan

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ror

igin

ally

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ves

from

lega

len

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ent.

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sin

flue

nce

ism

ore

pow

erfu

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onim

pend

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mea

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cion

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her

cons

eque

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,co

nsid

erin

gal

soth

efa

ctth

atat

leas

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me

ofth

ose

who

act

acco

rdin

gto

the

“nor

ms”

are

tota

lly

unaw

are

ofth

em.

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tran

siti

onfr

omth

em

erel

yun

refl

ectiv

efo

rmat

ion

ofa

habi

tto

the

cons

ciou

sac

cept

ance

ofth

em

axim

that

actio

nsh

ould

bein

acco

rdan

cew

ith

ano

rmis

alw

ays

flui

d.T

hem

ere

stat

isti

cal

regu

lari

tyof

anac

tion

lead

sto

the

emer

genc

eof

mor

alan

dle

gal

conv

ictio

nsw

ith

corr

esp

ondi

ngco

nten

ts.

The

thre

atof

phys

ical

and

psyc

holo

gica

lco

erci

on,

onth

eot

her

hand

,im

pose

sa

cert

ain

mod

eof

acti

onan

dth

uspr

oduc

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bitu

atio

nan

dth

ereb

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gula

rity

ofac

tion

.L

awan

dco

nven

tion

are

inte

rtw

ined

asca

use

and

effe

ctin

the

actio

nsof

men

,w

ith,

agai

nst,

and

besi

de,

one

anot

her.

Itis

gros

sly

mis

lead

ing

toco

nsid

erla

wan

dco

nven

tion

asth

e“f

orm

s”of

cond

uct

inco

ntra

stw

ith

its“s

ubst

ance

”as

Sta

mm

ler

does

.T

hebe

lief

inth

ele

gal

orco

nve

ntio

nal

ough

tnes

sof

ace

rtai

nac

tion

is,

from

aso

ciol

ogic

alpo

int

ofvi

ew,

mer

ely

asu

pera

ddit

umin

crea

sing

the

degr

eeof

prob

abil

ity

wit

hw

hich

anac

ting

pers

onca

nca

lcul

ate

cert

ain

cons

eque

nces

ofhi

sac

tion

.E

cono

mic

theo

ryth

eref

ore

prop

erly

disr

egar

dsth

ech

arac

ter

ofth

eno

rms

EC

ON

OM

ICS

YS

TE

MA

ND

NO

RM

AT

IVE

OR

DE

RS

29

alto

geth

er.

For

the

econ

omis

tth

efa

ctth

atso

meo

ne“p

osse

sses

”so

me

thin

gsi

mpl

ym

eans

that

heca

nco

unt

onot

her

pers

ons

not

toin

terf

ere

wit

hhi

sdi

spos

ition

over

the

obje

ct.

Thi

sm

utua

lre

spec

tof

the

righ

tof

disp

ositi

onm

aybe

base

don

ava

riet

yof

cons

ider

atio

ns.

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ayde

rive

from

defe

renc

eto

conv

enti

onal

orle

gal

norm

s,or

from

cons

ider

atio

nsof

self

-int

eres

ton

the

part

ofea

chpa

rtic

ipan

t.W

hate

ver

the

reas

on,

itis

ofno

prim

ary

conc

ern

toec

onom

icth

eory

.T

hefa

ctth

ata

pers

on“o

wes

”so

met

hing

toan

othe

rca

nbe

tran

slat

ed,

soci

olog

ical

ly,

into

the

follo

win

gte

rms:

ace

rtai

nco

mm

itm

ent

(thr

ough

prom

ise,

tort

,or

othe

rca

use)

ofon

epe

rson

toan

othe

r;th

eex

pect

atio

n,ba

sed

ther

eon,

that

indu

eco

urse

the

form

erw

illyi

eld

toth

ela

tter

his

righ

tof

disp

osit

ion

over

the

good

sco

ncer

ned;

the

exis

tenc

eof

ach

ance

that

this

expe

cta

tion

will

befu

lfill

ed.

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psyc

holo

gica

lm

otiv

esin

volv

edar

eof

nopr

imar

yin

tere

stto

the

econ

omis

t.A

nex

chan

geof

good

sm

eans

:th

etr

ansf

erof

anob

ject

,ac

cord

ing

toan

agre

emen

t,fr

omth

efa

ctua

lco

ntro

lof

one

pers

onto

that

ofan

othe

r,th

istr

ansf

erbe

ing

base

don

the

assu

mpt

ion

that

anot

her

obje

ctis

tobe

tran

sfer

red

from

the

fact

ual

cont

rol

ofth

ese

cond

toth

atof

the

firs

t.O

fth

ose

who

take

part

ina

debt

or-c

redi

tor

rela

tion

ship

orin

aba

rter

,ea

chon

eex

pect

sth

atth

eot

her

will

conf

orm

tohi

sow

nin

tent

ions

.It

isno

tne

cess

ary,

how

ever

,to

assu

me

conc

eptu

ally

any

“ord

er”

outs

ide

orab

ove

the

two

part

ies

togu

aran

tee,

com

man

d,or

enfo

rce

com

plia

nce

bym

eans

ofco

erci

vem

achi

nery

orso

cial

disa

ppro

val.

Nor

isit

nece

ssar

yto

assu

me

the

subj

ecti

vebe

lief

ofei

ther

orbo

thpa

rtie

sin

any

“bin

ding

”no

rm.

For

the

part

ner

toan

exch

ange

can

depe

ndon

the

othe

rpa

rtne

r’s

egoi

stic

inte

rest

inth

efu

ture

cont

inua

tion

ofex

chai

ige

rela

tion

ship

sor

othe

rsi

mil

arm

otiv

esto

offs

ethi

sin

clin

atio

nto

brea

khi

spr

omis

e—

afa

ctw

hich

resu

lts

mos

tta

ngib

lyfr

omth

eso

-cal

led

“sil

ent

trad

e”am

ong

prim

itiv

epe

ople

sas

wel

las

from

mod

ern

busi

ness

,es

peci

ally

onth

est

ock

exch

ange

.A

ssum

ing

the

avai

labi

lity

ofpu

rely

expe

dien

tial

rati

onal

ity,

each

par

tici

pant

can

and

does

,in

fact

,de

pend

onth

epr

obab

ilit

yth

atun

der

nor

mal

circ

umst

ance

sth

eot

her

part

yw

illac

t“a

sif

”he

acce

pted

as“b

ind

ing”

the

norm

that

one

has

tofu

lfill

his

prom

ises

.C

once

ptua

lly

this

isqu

ite

suff

icie

nt.

But

itgo

esw

itho

utsa

ying

that

itm

akes

adi

ffer

ence

whe

ther

the

part

ner’

sex

pect

atio

nin

this

resp

ect

issu

ppor

ted

byon

eor

both

ofth

efo

llow

ing

guar

anti

es:

i.th

efa

ctua

lly

wid

ecu

rren

cy,

inth

een

viro

nmen

t,of

the

subj

ecti

vebe

lief

inth

eob

ject

ive

vali

dity

ofsu

cha

norm

(con

sens

us);

2.

even

mor

eso

,th

ecr

eati

onof

aco

nven

tion

alg

uar

anty

thro

ugh

rega

rdfo

rso

cial

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oval

ordi

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aran

tyth

roug

hth

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iste

nce

ofen

forc

emen

tm

achi

nery

.C

anit

besa

idth

ata

stab

lepr

ivat

eec

onom

icsy

stem

ofth

em

oder

n

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AW

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atte

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fact

we

see

that

inm

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busi

ness

tran

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itne

ver

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rex

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ace

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een

prof

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the

vast

maj

orit

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case

sex

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case

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bad

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ntra

cts

are

oral

,or

are

reco

rded

bym

arks

and

nota

tion

sin

the

trad

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own

note

book

.N

ever

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ess,

adi

sput

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call

yne

ver

occu

rs.

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ew

ise,

ther

ear

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ate

grou

pspu

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rely

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omic

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the

rule

sof

whi

chno

neth

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sdi

spen

seen

tire

ly,

oral

mos

ten

tire

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wit

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prot

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omth

est

ate.

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tain

type

sof

“car

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ere

illu

stra

tive

ofth

iscl

ass

ofor

gani

zati

on.

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ten

happ

ened

also

that

agre

emen

tsw

hich

had

been

conc

lude

dan

dw

ere

vali

dac

cord

ing

topr

ivat

ela

ww

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ren

dere

din

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ativ

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roug

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ssol

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,as

ther

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form

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the

corp

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oup

wit

hits

own

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syst

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“law

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was

tota

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lack

ing

inth

epo

wer

offo

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coer

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.Su

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atan

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avai

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pw

asin

exis

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sa

resu

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the

pecu

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subj

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titu

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the

part

icip

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,ca

rtel

cont

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sof

ten

had

not

even

any

effe

ctiv

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algu

aran

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seco

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func

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ra

long

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dqu

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cons

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res

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all

the

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.D

espi

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itis

obvi

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that

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lega

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cial

lyw

here

exer

cise

dby

the

stat

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not

am

atte

rof

indi

ffer

ence

tosu

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onom

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chan

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the

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olo

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the

prob

abil

ity

ofsu

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one’

spo

wer

ofdi

spos

ition

byth

eco

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para

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ofth

est

ater

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icgo

ods

toda

yar

enor

mal

lyat

the

sam

eti

me

legi

tim

atel

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righ

ts;

they

are

the

very

buil

ding

mat

eria

lfo

rth

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seof

the

econ

omic

orde

r.N

onet

hele

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ento

day

they

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ject

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nom

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unit

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ange

tran

sact

ions

whi

char

eno

ton

lyno

til

legi

tim

ate

but

perf

ectl

yle

giti

mat

e.T

hey

incl

ude,

for

inst

ance

,th

etr

ansf

er,

agai

nst

com

pens

atio

n,of

the

good

will

ofa

busi

ness

.T

hesa

leof

ago

odw

illto

day

norm

ally

enge

nder

sce

rtai

npr

ivat

ela

wcl

aim

sof

the

purc

hase

rag

ains

tth

ese

ller,

nam

ely,

that

hew

illre

frai

nfr

omce

rtai

nac

tion

san

dw

illpe

rfor

mce

rtai

not

hers

,fo

rin

stan

ce,

“int

rodu

ce”

the

purc

hase

rto

the

cust

omer

s.B

utth

ele

gal

orde

rdo

es

not

enfo

rce

the

clai

ms

agai

nst

thir

dpa

rtie

s.Y

et,

ther

eha

vebe

enan

dst

ill

are

case

sin

whi

chth

eco

erci

veap

para

tus

ofth

epo

liti

cal

auth

orit

yis

avai

labl

efo

rth

eex

erci

seof

dire

ctco

erci

onin

favo

rof

the

owne

ror

purc

hase

rof

a“m

arke

t,”

asfo

rin

stan

cein

the

case

ofa

guil

dm

onop

oly

orso

me

othe

rle

gally

prot

ecte

dm

onop

oly.

Itis

wel

lkn

own

that

Fic

hte

cons

ider

edit

asth

ees

sent

ial

char

acte

rist

icof

mod

emle

gal

deve

lop

men

tth

at,

inco

ntra

stto

such

case

s,th

em

Ode

rnst

ate

guar

ante

eson

lycl

aim

son

conc

rete

usab

lego

ods

orla

bor

serv

ices

.B

esid

es,

so-c

alle

d“f

ree

com

peti

tion

”fi

nds

its

lega

lex

pres

sion

inth

isve

ryfa

ct.

Yet

,al

thou

ghsu

ch“o

ppor

tuni

ties

”ha

vere

mai

ned

obje

cts

ofec

onom

icex

chan

geev

enw

itho

utle

gal

prot

ecti

onag

ains

tth

ird

part

ies,

the

abse

nce

ofle

gal

guar

anti

esha

sne

vert

hele

ssfa

r-re

achi

ngec

onom

iccà

nseq

uenc

es.

But

from

the

poin

tof

view

ofec

onom

ics

and

soci

olog

yit

rem

ains

afa

ctth

at,

onge

nera

lpr

inci

ple,

atle

ast,

the

inte

rfer

ence

ofle

gal

guar

anti

esm

erel

yin

crea

ses

the

degr

eeof

cert

aint

yw

ith

whi

chan

econ

omic

ally

rele

vant

acti

onca

nbe

calc

ulat

edin

adva

nce.

The

lega

lre

gula

tion

ofa

subj

ect

mat

ter

has

neve

rbe

enca

rrie

dou

tin

all

itsim

plic

atio

nsan

ywhe

re.

Thi

sw

ould

requ

ire

the

avai

labi

lity

ofso

me

hum

anag

ency

whi

chin

ever

yca

seof

the

kind

inqu

esti

onw

ould

bere

gard

edas

bein

gca

pabl

eof

dete

rmin

ing,

inac

cord

ance

wit

hso

me

conc

eive

dno

rm,

wha

tou

ght

tobe

done

“by

law

.”W

esh

all

by-p

ass

here

the

inte

ract

ion

betw

een

cons

ocia

tion

and

lega

lor

der:

asw

eha

vese

enel

sew

here

,an

yra

tion

alco

nsoc

iatio

n,an

dth

eref

ore,

any

orde

rof

com

mun

alan

dco

nsen

sual

acti

onis

post

erio

rin

this

resp

ect.

Nor

shal

lw

edi

scus

she

reth

epr

opos

itio

nth

atth

ede

velo

pmen

tof

com

mun

alan

dco

nsen

sual

acti

onco

ntin

uall

ycr

eate

sen

tire

lyne

wsi

tuat

ions

and

rais

espr

oble

ms

whi

chca

nbe

solv

edby

the

acce

pted

norm

sor

byth

eus

ual

logi

cof

juri

spru

denc

eon

lyin

appe

aran

ceor

bysp

urio

usre

ason

ing

(cf.

inth

isre

spec

tth

eth

esis

ofth

e“f

ree-

law

”m

ovem

ent)

•19

We

are

conc

erne

dhe

rew

ith

am

ore

basi

cpr

oble

m:

Itis

afa

ctth

atth

em

ost

“fun

dam

enta

l”qu

esti

ons

ofte

nar

ele

ftun

regu

late

dby

law

even

inle

gal

orde

rsw

hich

are

othe

rwis

eth

orou

ghly

rati

onal

ized

.L

etus

illu

stra

tetw

osp

ecif

icty

pes

ofth

isph

enom

enon

:(x

)A

“con

stit

utio

nal”

mon

arch

dism

isse

shi

sre

spon

sibl

em

inis

ter

and

fails

tore

plac

ehi

mby

any

new

appo

inte

eso

that

ther

eis

noon

eto

coun

ters

ign

his

acts

.W

hat

isto

bedo

ne“b

yla

w”

insu

chsi

tuat

ion?

Thi

squ

esti

onis

not

regu

late

din

any

cons

titu

tion

anyw

here

inth

ew

orld

.W

hat

iscl

ear

isno

mor

eth

anth

atce

rtai

nac

tsof

the

gove

rnm

ent

cann

otbe

“val

idly

”ta

ken.

18D

ER

GE

ScH

LO

SS

EN

EH

AN

DE

LS

ST

AA

T(i

Soc),

Bk.

I,c.

7.“S

eem

ire.

309.

Page 19: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

32

LA

WIN

EC

ON

OM

YA

ND

SO

CIE

TY

(2)

Mos

tco

nsti

tuti

ons

equa

lly

omit

cons

ider

atio

nof

the

follo

win

gqu

esti

on:

Wha

tis

tobe

done

whe

nth

ose

part

ies

who

seag

reem

ent

isne

cess

ary

for

the

adop

tion

ofth

ebu

dget

are

unab

leto

reac

han

agre

em

ent?

The

firs

tpr

oble

mis

desc

ribe

dby

Jell

inek

as“m

oot”

for

all

prac

tica

lpurp

ose

s.2°

He

isri

ght.

Wha

tis

ofin

tere

stto

usis

just

tokn

oww

hyit

is“m

oot.”

The

seco

ndty

peof

“con

stit

utio

nal

gap,

”on

the

othe

rha

nd,

has

beco

me

very

prac

tica

l,as

isw

ell

know

n.

21

Ifw

eun

ders

tand

“co

nst

itut

ion,

”in

the

soci

olog

ical

sens

e,as

the

mod

usof

dist

ribu

tion

ofpo

wer

whi

chde

term

ines

the

poss

ibil

ity

ofre

gula

ting

com

mun

alac

tion

,w

em

ay,

inde

ed,

vent

ure

the

prop

osit

ion

that

any

com

mun

ity’s

cons

titu

tion

inth

eso

ciol

ogic

alse

nse

isde

term

ined

byth

efa

ctof

whe

rean

dho

wit

sco

nsti

tuti

onin

the

juri

dica

lse

nse

cont

ains

such

“gap

s,”

espe

cial

lyw

ith

rega

rdto

basi

cqu

estio

ns.

At

times

such

gaps

ofth

ese

cond

type

have

been

left

inte

ntio

nall

yw

here

aco

nsti

tuti

onw

asra

tion

ally

enac

ted

byco

nsen

sus

orim

posi

tion.

Thi

sw

asdo

nesi

mpl

ybe

caus

eth

ein

tere

sted

part

yor

part

ies

who

exer

cise

dth

ede

cisi

vein

flue

nce

onth

edr

afti

ngof

the

cons

titu

tion

inqu

esti

onex

pect

edth

athe

orth

eyw

ould

ulti

mat

ely

have

suff

icie

ntpo

wer

toco

ntro

l,in

acco

rdan

cew

ith

thei

row

nde

sire

s,th

atpo

rtio

nof

com

mun

alac

tion

whi

ch,

whi

lela

ckin

ga

basi

sin

any

enac

ted

norm

,ye

tha

dto

beca

rrie

don

som

ehow

.R

etur

ning

toou

ril

lus

trat

ion:

they

expe

cted

togo

vern

wit

hout

abu

dget

.G

aps

ofth

efi

rst

type

men

tione

dab

ove,

onth

eot

her

hand

,us

uall

yre

mai

nop

enfo

ran

othe

rre

ason

:E

xper

ienc

ese

ems

tote

ach

conv

inci

ngly

that

the

self

-int

eres

tof

the

part

yor

part

ies

conc

erne

d(i

nou

rex

ampl

e,of

the

mon

arch

)w

illat

all

times

suff

ice

soto

cond

itio

nhi

sor

thei

rw

ayof

acti

ngth

atth

e“a

bsur

d”th

ough

lega

llypo

ssib

lesi

tuat

ion

(in

our

exam

ple,

the

lack

ofa

resp

onsi

ble

min

iste

r)w

illne

ver

occu

r.D

espi

teth

e“g

ap,”

gene

ral

cons

ensp

sco

nsid

ers

itas

the

unqu

esti

onab

le“d

uty”

ofth

em

onar

chto

appo

int

am

inis

ter.

As

ther

ear

ele

gal

cons

eque

nces

atta

ched

toth

isdu

ty,

itis

tobe

cons

ider

edas

an“i

ndir

ectl

ygu

aran

teed

lega

lob

liga

tion

.”Su

chen

suin

gle

gal

cons

eque

nces

are:

the

impo

ssib

ilit

yof

exec

utin

gce

rtai

nac

tsin

ava

lidm

anne

r,i.e

.,of

atta

inin

gth

epo

ssib

ilit

yof

havi

ngth

emgu

aran

teed

thro

ugh

the

coer

cive

appa

ratu

s.

Gssrz

UN

DV

ERO

RD

NU

NC

(188

7)295;

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RFA

SSU

NG

SAN

DER

UN

GU

ND

t’E

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AS

SUN

GSW

AN

DEL

(Ig

o6

)43

.n

The

situ

atio

nar

ose

inP

russ

iaw

hen

the

pred

omin

antly

liber

alD

iet

early

in

i86o

refu

sed

topa

ssB

ism

arck

’sbudget

bec

ause

ofit

sdis

appro

val

ofhi

spoli

cyof

arm

amen

ts(s

o-ca

lled

Era

ofC

onfli

ctor

Kon

flik

tspe

riod

e).

InA

ustri

a,to

o,Pa

rlia

men

t(R

eich

sral

)re

pea

tedly

was

unab

leto

reac

hag

reem

ent

ona

bu

dg

etd

uri

ng

that

per

iod

ofco

nfl

ict

bet

wee

nth

ese

ver

alet

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gro

ups

ofth

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arI.

EC

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ICS

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ND

NO

RM

AT

IVE

OR

DE

RS

33

But

for

the

rest

,it

isno

tes

tabl

ishe

d,ei

ther

byla

wor

conv

enti

on,

wha

tis

tobe

done

toca

rry

onth

ead

min

istr

atio

nof

the

stat

ein

case

the

rule

rsh

ould

not

fulf

illth

isdu

ty;

and

sinc

eth

isca

seha

sne

ver

occu

rred

thus

far,

ther

eis

no“u

sage

”ei

ther

whi

chco

uld

beco

me

the

sour

cefo

ra

de

cisi

on.

Thi

ssi

tuat

ion

cons

titu

tes

ast

riki

ngil

lust

rati

onof

the

fact

that

law

,co

nven

tion,

and

usag

ear

eby

nom

eans

the

only

forc

esto

beco

unte

d

onas

guar

ante

efo

rsu

chco

nduc

tof

anot

her

pers

onas

isex

pect

edof

,

prom

ised

by,

orot

herw

ise

rega

rded

asdu

efr

om,

him

.B

esid

ean

dab

ove

thes

e,th

ere

isan

othe

rfo

rce

tobe

reck

oned

wit

h:th

eot

her

pers

on’s

self

-

inte

rest

inth

eco

ntin

uati

onof

ace

rtai

nag

reed

acti

onas

such

.T

hece

r

tain

tyw

ithw

hich

the

mon

arch

’sco

mpl

ianc

ew

ith

anas

sum

edly

bind

ing

duty

can

bean

tici

pate

dis

nodo

ubt

grea

ter,

but

only

bya

mat

ter

of

degr

ee,

than

the

cert

aint

y—

ifw

em

ayre

turn

now

toou

rpr

evio

usex

ampl

e—

wit

hw

hich

apa

rtne

rto

anex

chan

geco

unts

,an

din

the

case

of

cont

inue

din

terc

ours

e,m

ayco

ntin

ueto

coun

t,up

onth

eot

her

part

y’s

cond

uct

toco

nfor

mw

ith

his

own

expe

ctat

ions

.T

his

cert

aint

yex

ists

even

thou

ghth

etr

ansa

ctio

nin

ques

tion

may

lack

any

norm

ativ

ere

gula

tion

orco

erci

vegu

aran

ty.

Wha

tis

rele

vant

here

ism

erel

yth

eob

serv

atio

nth

atth

ele

gal

asw

ell

asth

eco

nven

tion

alre

gula

tion

ofco

nsen

sual

orso

ciet

alac

tion

may

be,

asa

mat

ter

ofpr

inci

ple,

inco

mpl

ete

and,

unde

rce

rtai

nci

rcum

stan

ces,

will

beso

quit

eco

nsci

ousl

y.W

hile

the

orie

ntat

ion

ofco

mm

unal

acti

on

toa

norm

isco

nsti

tuti

veof

cons

ocia

tion

inan

yan

dev

ery

case

,th

eco

erci

veap

para

tus

does

not

have

this

func

tion

wit

hre

gard

toth

eto

tali

ty

ofal

lst

able

and

inst

itut

iona

lly

orga

nize

dco

rpor

ate

acti

on.

Ifth

eab

surd

case

ofil

lust

rati

onN

o.r

wer

eto

occu

r,it

wou

ldce

rtai

nly

set

lega

lsp

ec

ulat

ion

tow

ork

imm

edia

tely

and

then

perh

aps,

aco

nven

tion

al,

orev

en

lega

l,re

gula

tion

wou

ldco

me

into

exis

tenc

e.B

utin

the

mea

ntim

eth

e

prob

lem

wou

ldal

read

yha

vebe

enac

tual

lyso

lved

byso

me

com

mun

al

orco

nsen

sual

orso

ciet

alac

tion

the

deta

ils

ofw

hich

wou

ldde

pend

upon

the

natu

reof

the

conc

rete

situ

atio

n.N

orm

ativ

ere

gula

tion

ison

eim

por

tant

caus

alco

mpo

nent

ofco

nsen

sual

acti

on,

but

itis

not,

ascl

aim

edby

Sta

mm

ler,

22

itsun

iver

sal

“for

m.”

Sect

ion

3.Si

gnif

ican

cean

dL

imit

sof

Leg

alC

oerc

ion

inE

cono

mic

Lif

e

Soci

olog

yis

adi

scip

line

sear

chin

gfo

rem

piri

cal

regu

lari

ties

and

type

s.

Inso

far

asit

isco

ncer

ned

with

lega

lgu

aran

ties

and

thos

eno

rmat

ive

conc

eptio

nson

whi

chth

eyde

pend

asth

em

otiv

esun

derl

ying

thei

rcr

ea

aQp

cit.

supr

aII

.27

.

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34L

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

Yti

on,

inte

rpre

tati

on,

and

appl

icat

ion,

its

inte

rest

isth

usof

asp

ecia

lki

nd.

The

yar

eto

beco

nsid

ered

asco

nseq

uenc

esas

wel

las

,an

dm

ore

so,

asca

uses

orco

ncom

itan

tca

uses

ofce

rtai

nre

gula

riti

es.

The

sem

aybe

regu

lari

ties

ofhu

man

acti

onw

hich

are

assu

chdi

rect

lyre

leva

ntto

soci

olog

y,or

regu

lari

ties

ofna

tura

lO

ccur

renc

es,

enge

nder

edby

hum

anac

tion

,an

das

such

indi

rect

lyre

leva

ntto

soci

olog

y.h._

.Fac

tual

regu

lari

ties

ofco

nduc

t(“

usag

es”)

can,

asw

eha

vese

en,

be

3jfr

me

the

sour

ceof

rule

sfo

rco

nduc

t(“

conv

enti

ons,

”“l

aw”)

.T

here

vers

e,ho

wev

er,

may

beeq

uall

ytr

ue.

Reg

ular

itie

sm

aybe

prod

uced

byle

gal

norm

s,ac

ting

byth

emse

lves

orin

com

bina

tion

wit

hot

her

fact

ors.

Thi

sap

plie

sno

ton

lyto

thos

ere

gula

riti

esw

hich

dire

ctly

real

ize

the

cont

ent

ofth

ele

gal

norm

inqu

esti

on,

but

equa

lly

tore

gula

riti

esof

adi

ffer

ent

kind

.T

hefa

ctth

atan

offi

cial

,fo

rex

ampl

e,go

esto

his

offic

ere

gula

rly

ever

yda

yis

adi

rect

cons

eque

nce

ofth

eor

der

cont

aine

din

ale

gal

norm

whi

chis

acce

pted

as“v

alid

”in

prac

tice

.O

nth

eot

her

hand

,th

efa

ctth

ata

trav

elin

gsa

lesm

anof

afa

ctor

yvi

sits

the

reta

iler

sre

gu

larl

yea

chye

arfo

rth

eso

lici

tati

onof

orde

rsis

only

anin

dire

ctef

fect

ofle

gal

norm

s,vi

z.,

ofth

ose

whi

chpe

rmit

free

com

peti

tion

for

cust

omer

san

dth

usne

cess

itat

eth

atth

eybe

woo

ed.

The

fact

that

few

erch

ildr

endi

ew

hen

nurs

ing

mot

hers

abst

ain

from

wor

kas

are

sult

ofa

lega

lor

con

vent

iona

l“n

orm

”is

cert

ainl

ya

cons

eque

nce

ofth

eva

lidi

tyof

that

norm

.‘W

here

itis

anen

acte

dle

gal

norm

,th

isre

sult

has

cert

ainl

ybe

enon

eof

the

rati

onal

lyco

ncei

ved

ends

ofth

ecr

eato

rsof

that

norm

;bu

tit

isob

viou

sth

atth

eyca

nde

cree

only

the

abst

enti

onfr

omw

ork

and

not

the

low

erde

ath

rate

.E

ven

wit

hre

gard

todi

rect

lyco

mm

ande

dor

pro

hibi

ted

cond

uct,

the

prac

tica

lef

fect

iven

ess

ofth

eva

lidi

tyof

aco

erci

veno

rmis

obvi

ousl

ypr

oble

mat

ic.

Obs

erva

nce

follo

ws

toan

“ade

quat

e”m

easu

re,

but

neve

rw

itho

utex

cept

ions

.P

ower

ful

inte

rest

sm

ayin

deed

indu

cea

situ

atio

nin

whi

cha

lega

lno

rmis

viol

ated

,w

itho

uten

suin

gpu

nish

men

t,no

ton

lyin

isol

ated

inst

ance

s,bu

tpr

eval

entl

yan

dper

ma

nent

ly,

insp

ite

ofth

eco

erci

veap

para

tus

onw

hich

the

“val

idit

y”of

the

norm

isfo

unde

d.W

hen

such

asi

tuat

ion

has

beco

me

stab

iliz

edan

dw

hen,

acco

rdin

gly,

prev

aili

ngpr

acti

cera

ther

than

the

pret

ense

ofth

ew

ritt

enla

wha

sbe

com

eno

rmat

ive

ofco

nduc

tin

the

conv

ictio

nof

the

par

tici

pant

s,th

egu

aran

teei

ngco

erci

vepo

wer

will

ulti

mat

ely

ceas

eto

com

pel

cond

uct

toco

nfor

mto

the

latt

er.

Insu

chca

se,

the

lega

lth

eori

stsp

eaks

of“d

erog

atio

nth

roug

hcu

stom

ary

law

.”cc

Tal

id”

lega

lno

rms,

whi

char

egu

aran

teed

byth

eco

erci

veap

para

tus

ofth

epo

liti

cal

auth

orit

y,an

dco

nven

tion

alru

les

may

also

coex

ist,

how

ever

,in

ast

ate

ofch

roni

cco

nflic

t.W

eha

veob

serv

edsu

cha

situ

atio

nin

the

case

ofth

edu

el,

whe

repr

ivat

ela

wha

sbe

entr

ansf

orm

edby

con-

EC

ON

OM

ICS

YS

TE

MA

ND

NO

RM

AT

IVE

OR

DE

RS

35ve

ntio

n.A

ndw

hile

itis

not

atal

lun

usua

lth

atle

gal

norm

sar

era

tion

ally

enac

ted

wit

hth

epu

rpos

eof

chan

ging

exis

ting

“usa

ges”

and

con

vent

ions

,th

eno

rmal

deve

lopm

ent

ism

ore

usua

lly

asfo

llow

s:a

lega

lor

der

isem

piri

call

y“v

alid

”ow

ing

not

som

uch

toth

eav

aila

bili

tyof

coer

cive

guar

anti

esas

toit

sha

bitu

atio

nas

“usa

ge”

and

its

“routi

niz

ati

on.”

To

this

shou

ldbe

adde

dth

epr

essu

reof

conv

enti

onw

hich

,in

mos

tca

ses,

disa

ppro

ves

any

flag

rant

devi

atio

nfr

omco

nduc

tco

rres

pond

ing

toth

ator

der.

For

the

lega

lth

eori

stth

e(i

deol

ogic

al)

vali

dity

ofa

lega

lno

rmis

conc

eptu

ally

the

priu

s.C

ondu

ctw

hich

isno

tdi

rect

lyre

gula

ted

byla

wis

rega

rded

byhi

mas

lega

lly

“per

mit

ted”

and

thus

equa

lly

affe

cted

byth

ele

gal

orde

r,at

leas

tid

eolo

gica

lly.

For

the

soci

olog

ist,

onth

eot

her

hand

,th

ele

gal,

and

part

icul

arly

the

rati

onal

lyen

acte

d,re

gula

tion

ofco

nduc

tis

empi

rica

lly

only

one

ofth

efa

ctor

sm

otiv

atin

gco

mm

unal

ac

tion

;m

oreo

ver,

itis

afa

ctor

whi

chus

uall

yap

pear

sla

tein

hist

ory

and

who

seef

fect

iven

ess

vari

esgr

eatl

y.T

hebe

ginn

ings

ofac

tual

regu

lari

tyan

d“u

sage

,”sh

roud

edin

dark

ness

ever

ywhe

re,

are

attr

ibut

edby

the

soci

olog

ist,

asw

eha

vese

en,

toth

eim

puls

ive

and

inst

inct

ive

habi

tuat

ion

ofa

patt

ern

ofco

nduc

tw

hich

was

“ada

pted

”to

give

nne

cess

ities

.A

tle

ast

atfi

rst,

this

patt

ern

ofco

nduc

twas

neit

her

cond

itio

ned

nor

chan

ged

byan

enac

ted

norm

.T

hein

crea

sing

inte

rven

tion

ofen

acte

dno

rms

is,

from

our

poin

tof

view

,on

lyon

eof

the

com

pone

nts,

how

ever

char

acte

ris

tic,

ofth

atpr

oces

sof

rati

onal

izat

ion

and

cons

ocia

tion

who

segr

owin

gpe

netr

atio

nin

toal

lsp

here

sof

com

mun

alac

tion

we

shal

lha

veto

trac

eas

am

ost

esse

ntia

ldy

nam

icfa

ctor

indev

elopm

ent.

23

Thi

sdi

scus

sion

has

been

rest

rict

edto

aco

nsid

erat

ion

ofth

ebr

oad

rela

tion

sbe

twee

nla

wan

dec

onom

icac

tivi

ty.

Sum

min

gup

,w

em

ayno

wm

ake

the

follo

win

gst

atem

ents

:(i)

Law

(in

the

soci

olog

ical

sens

e)gu

aran

tees

byno

mea

nson

lyec

onom

icin

tere

sts

but

rath

erth

em

ost

dive

rse

inte

rest

sra

ngin

gfr

omth

em

ost

elem

enta

ryon

eof

prot

ecti

onof

pers

onal

secu

rity

tosu

chpu

rely

idea

lgo

ods

aspe

rson

alho

nor

orth

eho

nor

ofth

edi

vine

pow

ers.

Abo

veal

l,it

guar

ante

espo

liti

cal,

eccl

esia

stic

al,

fam

ilia

l,an

dot

her

posi

tion

sof

auth

orit

yas

wel

las

posi

tion

sof

soci

alpr

eem

inen

ceof

any

kind

whi

chm

ayin

deed

beec

onom

ical

lyco

ndit

ione

dor

econ

omic

ally

rele

vant

inth

em

ost

dive

rse

way

s,bu

tw

hich

are

neit

her

econ

omic

inth

emse

lves

nor

soug

htfo

rpr

epon

dera

ntly

econ

omic

ends

.(2

)U

nder

cert

ain

cond

itio

nsa

“leg

alor

der”

can

rem

ain

unch

ange

d

Thi

spr

ogra

mm

atic

stat

emen

tha

sbe

enca

rrie

dou

tby

Web

erin

Par

tsII

and

III

ofW

.u.G

.T

hepr

esen

tbo

okco

ntai

nsth

ose

sect

ions

ofth

ese

Par

tsw

hich

are

con

cern

edw

ith

the

rela

tion

sbe

twee

nso

cial

stru

ctur

ean

dla

w.

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INE

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NO

MY

AN

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OC

IET

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CO

NO

MIC

SY

ST

EM

AN

DN

OR

MA

TIV

EO

RD

ER

S37

whi

leec

onom

icre

lati

ons

are

unde

rgoi

nga

radi

cal

tran

sfor

mat

ion.

Inth

eory

,a

soci

alis

tsy

stem

ofpr

oduc

tion

coul

dbe

brou

ght

abou

tw

itho

ut

the

chan

geof

even

asi

ngle

para

grap

hof

our

law

s,si

mpl

yby

the

gra

dua

l,fr

eeco

ntra

ctua

lac

quis

itio

nof

all

the

mea

nsof

prod

ucti

onby

the

poli

tica

lau

thor

ity.

Thi

sex

ampl

eis

extr

eme;

but,

for

the

purp

ose

ofth

eore

tica

lsp

ecul

atio

n,ex

trem

eex

ampl

esar

em

ost

usef

ul.

Shou

ldsu

cha

situ

atio

nev

erco

me

abou

t—w

hich

ism

ost

unlik

ely,

thou

ghth

eore

ti

cally

not

unth

inka

ble

—th

ele

gal

orde

rw

ould

still

bebo

und

toap

ply

its

coer

cive

mac

hine

ryin

case

itsai

dw

ere

invo

ked

for

the

enfo

rcem

ent

of

thos

eob

liga

tion

sw

hich

are

char

acte

rist

icof

apr

oduc

tive

syst

emba

sed

onpr

ivat

epr

oper

ty.

Onl

y,th

isca

sew

ould

neve

roc

cur

infa

ct.

24

(.)

The

lega

lst

atus

ofa

mat

ter

may

beba

sica

llydi

ffer

ent

acco

rdin

gto

the

poin

tof

view

ofth

ele

gal

syst

emfr

omw

hich

itis

cons

ider

ed.

But

such

diff

eren

ces

[of

lega

lcl

assi

fica

tion]

need

not

have

any

rele

vant

econ

omic

cons

eque

nces

prov

ided

only

that

onth

ose

poin

tsw

hich

gene

r

ally

are

rele

vant

econ

omic

ally

,th

epr

acti

cal

effe

cts

are

the

sam

efo

rth

e

inte

rest

edpa

rtie

s.T

his

not

only

ispo

ssib

le,

but

itac

tual

lyha

ppen

s

wid

ely,

alth

ough

itm

ust

beco

nced

edth

atny

vari

atio

nof

lega

lcl

assi

fica

tion

may

enge

nder

som

eec

onom

icco

nseq

uenc

esso

mew

here

.T

hus

tota

lly

diff

eren

tfo

rms

ofac

tion

wou

ldha

vebe

enap

plic

able

inR

ome

depe

ndin

gon

whe

ther

the

“lea

se”

ofa

min

ew

ere

tobe

rega

rded

lega

lly

asa

leas

ein

the

stri

ctse

nse

ofth

ete

rm,

oras

apu

rcha

se.

But

the

pra

c

tica

lef

fect

sof

the

diff

eren

cefo

rec

onom

iclif

ew

ould

cert

ainl

yha

vebe

en

very

slig

ht.

25

24

The

norm

sof

the

lega

lor

der,

exis

ting

befo

reth

eto

tal

soci

aliz

atio

nto

okpl

ace

coul

dal

sobe

appl

ied

afte

rits

occu

rren

ce,

ifle

gal

titl

eto

the

vari

ous

mea

nsof

pro

duct

ion

wer

eto

beas

crib

edno

tto

one

sing

le,

cent

ral

publ

icau

thor

ity

but

tofo

r

mal

lyau

tono

mou

spu

blic

inst

itut

ions

orco

rpor

atio

nsw

hich

are

tore

gula

teth

eir

rela

tion

ship

sto

each

othe

rby

cont

ract

ual

tran

sact

ions

,su

bjec

tto

the

dire

ctio

nsof

,

and

cont

rol

by,

the

cent

ral

plan

ning

auth

orit

y.Su

cha

situ

atio

ndo

esin

deed

exis

tin

the

Sov

iet

Uni

on.

Cf.

H.

J.B

ER

MA

N,

JUS

TIC

Eus

Rus

siA

(19

50

),an

dre

view

by

Rhe

inst

ein

(r95

1)64

NA

Ry.

L.

RE

V.

2357.

Cf.

inA

mer

ican

law

the

cont

rove

rsy

asto

the

corr

ect

lega

lcl

assi

fica

tion

ofa

min

ing

oroi

lan

dga

sle

ase:

does

the

tran

sact

ion

crea

tea

prof

ita

pren

dre,

ordo

es

itgi

veto

the

“les

see”

the

titl

eto

the

min

eral

s,or

does

itre

sult

inth

ecr

eati

onof

a

leas

ehol

din

tere

stin

the

stri

ctse

nse

ofth

ete

rm?

As

inR

ome,

the

“pro

per”

clas

sifi

ca

tion

max

’be

rele

vant

inso

me

prac

tica

lre

spec

tas

,fo

rin

stan

ce,

wit

hre

gard

toth

e

ques

tion

ofw

heth

er,

inth

eca

seof

the

deat

hof

the

less

ee—

ifhe

shou

ldev

erbe

anin

divi

dual

!—

his

inte

rest

desc

ends

asre

al,

oris

tobe

dist

ribu

ted

aspe

rson

al,

prop

erty

.In

the

form

erca

seit

wou

ld,

ordi

nari

ly,

not

beto

uche

dfo

rth

epa

ymen

t

ofde

bts

ofth

ede

ceas

edun

til

all

the

pers

onal

prop

erty

has

been

exha

uste

d;in

the

latt

er,

the

“lea

se”

wou

ldbe

imm

edia

tely

avai

labl

efo

rth

ecr

edit

ors

alon

gw

ith

the

othe

r“p

erso

nal”

asse

tsof

the

dece

dent

.B

ut,

byan

dla

rge,

the

econ

omic

situ

atio

nis

one

and

the

sam

ew

hich

ever

ofth

eva

riou

sle

gal

clas

sifi

cati

ons

isap

plie

d.

(4)

Obv

ious

ly,

any

lega

lgu

aran

tyis

dire

ctly

atth

ese

rvic

eof

eco

nom

icin

tere

sts

toa

very

larg

eex

tent

.E

ven

whe

reth

isdo

esno

tse

emto

be,

orac

tual

lyis

not,

the

case

,ec

onom

icin

tere

sts

are

amon

gth

est

rong

est

fact

ors

infl

uenc

ing

the

crea

tion

ofla

w.

For

,an

yau

thor

ity

guar

ante

eing

ale

gal

orde

rde

pend

s,in

som

ew

ay,

upon

the

cons

ensu

al

acti

onof

the

cons

titu

tive

soci

algr

oups

,an

dth

efo

rmat

ion

ofso

cial

grou

psde

pend

s,to

ala

rge

exte

nt,

upon

cons

tell

atio

nsof

mat

eria

lin

tere

sts.

(5)

Onl

ya

limite

dm

easu

reof

succ

ess

can

beat

tain

edth

roug

hth

e

thre

atof

coer

cion

supp

orti

ngth

ele

gal

orde

r.O

win

gto

anu

mbe

rof

ex

tern

alci

rcum

stan

ces

asw

ell

asto

itsow

npe

culi

arna

ture

,th

isap

plie

s

espe

cial

lyto

the

econ

omic

sphe

re.

Itw

ould

bequ

ibbl

ing,

how

ever

,to

asse

rtth

atla

wca

nnot

“enf

orce

”an

ypa

rtic

ular

econ

omic

cond

uct,

onth

e

grou

ndth

atw

ew

ould

have

tosa

y,w

ith

rega

rdto

all

its

mea

nsof

coer

cion

,th

atco

actu

sta

men

volu

it.

26

For

this

istr

ue,

wit

hout

exce

ptio

n,of

all

coer

cion

whi

chdo

esno

ttr

eat

the

pers

onto

beco

erce

dsi

mpl

yas

an

inan

imat

eob

ject

.E

ven

the

mos

tdr

asti

cm

eans

ofco

erci

onan

dpunis

h

men

tar

ebo

und

tofa

ilw

here

the

subj

ects

rem

ain

reca

lcit

rant

.In

abr

oad

mas

ssu

cha

situ

atio

nw

ould

alw

ays

mea

nth

atits

mem

bers

have

not

been

educ

ated

toac

quie

scen

ce.

Such

educ

atio

nto

acqu

iesc

ence

inth

ela

w

ofth

etim

ean

dpl

ace

has,

asa

gene

ral

rule

,in

crea

sed

wit

hgr

owin

gpac

i

fica

tion.

Thu

sit

shou

ldse

emth

atth

ech

ance

sof

enfo

rcin

gec

onom

ic

cond

uct

wou

ldha

vein

crea

sed,

too.

Yet

,th

epo

wer

ofla

wov

erec

onom

ic

cond

uct

has

inm

any

resp

ects

grow

nw

eake

rra

ther

than

stro

nger

as

com

pare

dw

ith

earl

ier

cond

ition

s.T

heef

fect

iven

ess

ofm

axim

umpr

ice

regu

lati

ons,

for

exam

ple,

has

alw

ays

been

prec

ario

us,

but

unde

rpr

esen

t-

day

cond

ition

sth

eyha

vean

even

smal

ler

chan

ceof

succ

ess

than

ever

befo

re.

Thu

sth

em

easu

reof

poss

ible

infl

uenc

eon

econ

omic

acti

vity

isno

t

sim

ply

afu

ncti

onof

the

gene

ral

leve

lof

acqu

iesc

ence

tow

ards

lega

lco

erci

on.

The

limits

ofth

eac

tual

succ

ess

ofle

gal

coer

cion

inth

eec

onom

ic

sphe

rera

ther

aris

efr

omtw

om

ain

sour

ces.

One

isco

nsti

tute

dby

the

lim

itat

ions

ofth

eec

onom

icca

paci

tyof

the

pers

ons

affe

cted

.T

here

are

limits

not

only

toth

est

ock

itse

lfof

avai

labl

ego

ods,

but

also

toth

ew

ay

inw

hich

that

stoc

kca

npo

ssib

lybe

used

.F

orth

epa

tter

nsof

use

and

ofre

lati

onsh

ipam

ong

the

vari

ous

econ

omic

unit

sar

ede

term

ined

by

habi

tan

dca

nbe

adju

sted

tohe

tero

nom

ous

norm

s,if

atal

l,on

lyby

diff

icul

tre

orie

ntat

ions

ofal

lec

onom

icdi

spos

ition

s,an

dha

rdly

wit

hout

loss

es,

whi

chm

eans

,ne

ver

wit

hout

fric

tion

s.T

hese

fric

tion

sin

crea

se

wit

hth

ede

gree

ofde

velo

pmen

tan

dun

iver

sali

tyof

apa

rtic

ular

form

of

““A

lthough

coer

ced,

itw

asst

ill

his

wil

l.”

Page 22: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

38L

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

Y

cons

ensu

alac

tion

,or

,in

othe

rw

ords

,w

ith

the

inte

rdep

ende

nce

ofth

ein

divi

dual

econ

omic

unit

sin

the

mar

ket,

and,

cons

eque

ntly

,th

edep

end

ence

ofev

ery

one

upon

the

cond

uct

ofot

hers

.T

hese

cond

sour

ceof

the

lim

itat

ion

ofsu

cces

sful

lega

lco

erci

onin

the

econ

omic

sphe

relie

sin

the

rela

tive

prop

orti

onof

stre

ngth

ofpr

ivat

eec

onom

icin

tere

sts

onth

eon

eha

ndan

din

tere

sts

prom

otin

gco

nfor

man

ceto

the

rule

sof

law

onth

eot

her.

The

incl

inat

ion

tofo

rego

econ

omic

oppo

rtun

ity

sim

ply

inor

der

toac

tle

gally

isob

viou

sly

slig

ht,

unle

ssci

rcum

vent

ion

ofth

efo

rmal

law

isst

rong

lydi

sapp

rove

dby

apo

wer

ful

conv

entio

n,an

dsu

cha

situ

atio

nis

not

likel

yto

aris

ew

here

the

inte

rest

saf

fect

edby

ale

gal

inno

vati

onar

ew

ides

prea

d.B

esid

es,

itis

ofte

nno

tdi

ffic

ult

todi

sgui

seth

eci

rcum

vent

ion

ofa

law

inth

eec

onom

icsp

here

.Q

uite

part

icul

arly

inse

nsiti

veto

lega

lin

flue

nce

are,

asex

peri

ence

has

show

n,th

ose

effe

cts

whi

chde

rive

dire

ctly

from

the

ulti

mat

eso

urce

sof

econ

omic

acti

on,

such

asth

ees

tim

ates

ofec

onom

icva

lue

and

the

form

atio

nof

pric

es.

Thi

sap

plie

spar

ticu

larl

yto

thos

esi

tuat

ions

whe

reth

ede

term

inan

tsin

prod

ucti

onan

dco

nsum

ptio

ndo

not

liew

ithi

na

com

plet

ely

pers

picu

ous

and

dire

ctly

man

agea

ble

com

plex

ofco

nsen

sual

cond

uct.

Itis

obvi

ous,

besi

des,

that

thos

ew

hoco

ntin

uous

lypa

rtic

ipat

ein

the

mar

ket

inte

rcou

rse

wit

hth

eir

own

econ

omic

inte

rest

sha

vea

far

grea

ter

rati

onal

know

ledg

eof

the

mar

ket

and

inte

rest

situ

atio

nth

anth

ele

gisl

ator

san

den

forc

emen

tof

fice

rsw

hose

inte

rest

ison

lyid

eal.

Inan

econ

omy

base

don

all-

embr

acin

gin

terd

epen

denc

eon

the

mar

ket

the

poss

ible

and

unin

tend

edre

per

cuss

ions

ofa

lega

lm

easu

rem

ust

toa

larg

eex

tent

esca

peth

efo

resi

ght

ofth

ele

gisl

ator

sim

ply

beca

use

they

depe

ndup

onpr

ivat

ein

tere

sted

part

ies.

Itis

thos

epr

ivat

ein

tere

sted

part

ies

who

are

ina

posi

tion

todi

stor

tth

ein

tend

edm

eani

ngof

ale

gal

norm

toth

epo

int

oftu

rnin

git

into

itsve

ryop

posi

te,

asha

sof

ten

happ

ened

inth

epa

st.

Invi

ewof

thes

edi

ffic

ultie

s,th

eex

tent

offa

ctua

lim

pact

ofth

ela

won

econ

omic

cond

uct

cann

otbe

dete

rmin

edge

nera

lly,

but

mus

tbe

calc

ulat

edfo

rea

chpa

rtic

ular

case

.It

belo

ngs

thus

toth

efi

eld

ofca

sest

udie

sin

soci

alec

onom

ics.

Ingen

eral

nom

ore

can

beas

sert

edth

anth

at,

from

apu

rely

theo

reti

cal

poin

tof

view

,th

eco

mpl

ete

mon

opol

izat

ion

ofa

mar

ket,

whi

chen

tail

sa

far

grea

ter

pers

picu

ity

ofth

esi

tuat

ion,

tech

nica

lly

faci

lita

tes

the

cont

rol

byla

wof

that

part

icul

arse

ctor

ofth

eec

onom

y.If

it,ne

vert

hele

ss,

does

not

alw

ays

infa

ctin

crea

seth

eop

port

unit

ies

for

such

cont

rol,

this

resu

ltis

usua

lly

due

eith

erto

lega

lpa

rtic

ular

ism

aris

ing

from

the

exis

tenc

eof

com

peti

ngpo

liti

cal

asso

ciat

ions,

27

orto

the

pow

erof

the

priv

ate

inte

rest

sam

enab

leto

the

mon

opol

istic

cont

rol

and

thus

resi

stin

gth

een

forc

emen

tof

the

law

.

EC

ON

OM

ICS

YS

TE

MA

ND

NO

RM

AT

IVE

OR

DE

RS

39

Fro

mth

epu

rely

theo

reti

cal

poin

tof

view

,le

gal

guar

anty

byth

est

ate

isno

tin

disp

ensa

ble

toan

yba

sic

econ

omic

phen

omen

on.

The

prot

ecti

onof

prop

erty

,fo

rex

ampl

e,ca

nbe

prov

ided

byth

em

utua

lai

dsy

stem

ofki

nshi

pgr

oups

.C

redi

tors

’ri

ghts

have

som

etim

esbe

enpr

otec

ted

mor

eef

fici

ently

bya

relig

ious

com

mun

ity’s

thre

atof

exco

mm

unic

atio

nth

anby

poli

tica

lbo

dies

.“M

oney

,”to

o,ha

sex

iste

din

alm

ost

all

ofit

sfo

rms,

wit

hout

the

stat

e’s

guar

anty

ofits

acce

ptab

ilit

yas

am

eans

ofpay

men

t.28

Eve

n“c

hart

al”

mon

ey,

i.e.,

mon

eyw

hich

deri

ves

its

char

acte

ras

mea

nsof

paym

ent

from

the

mar

king

ofpi

eces

rath

erth

anfr

omth

eir

subs

tant

ive

cont

ent,

isco

ncei

vabl

ew

itho

utth

egu

aran

tyby

the

stat

e.O

ccas

iona

llych

arta

lm

oney

ofno

n-st

atal

orig

inap

pear

edev

enin

spit

eof

the

exis

tenc

eof

anap

para

tus

ofle

gal

coer

cion

byth

est

ate:

the

anci

ent

Bab

ylon

ians

,fo

rin

stan

ce,

did

not

have

“coi

ns”

inth

ese

nse

ofa

mea

nsof

paym

ent

cons

titu

ting

lega

lte

nder

bypr

ocla

mat

ion

ofth

epo

liti

cal

auth

orit

y,bu

tco

ntra

cts

wer

eap

pare

ntly

inus

eun

der

whi

chpa

ymen

tw

asto

bem

ade

inpi

eces

ofa

fift

hof

ash

ekel

desi

gnat

edas

such

byth

est

amp

ofa

cert

ain

“fir

m”

(as

we

wou

ldsa

y)29

The

rew

asth

usla

ckin

gan

ygu

aran

ty“p

ro

clai

med

”by

the

stat

e;th

ech

osen

unit

ofva

lue

was

deri

ved,

not

from

the

stat

e,bu

tfr

ompr

ivat

eco

ntra

ct.

Yet

the

mea

nsof

paym

ent

was

“cha

rtal

”in

char

acte

r,an

dth

est

ate

guar

ante

edco

erci

vely

the

conc

rete

deal

.“C

once

ptua

lly”

the

“sta

te”

thus

isno

tin

disp

ensa

ble

toan

yec

onom

icac

tivi

ty.

But

anec

onom

icsy

stem

,es

peci

ally

ofth

em

oder

nty

pe,

coul

dce

rtai

nly

not

exis

tw

itho

uta

lega

lor

der

wit

hve

rysp

ecia

lfe

atur

esw

hich

coul

dno

tde

velo

pex

cept

inth

efr

ame

ofa

“sta

tal”

lega

lor

der.

Pre

sent

-da

yec

onom

iclif

ere

sts

onop

port

unit

ies

acqu

ired

thro

ugh

cont

ract

s.It

istr

ue,

the

priv

ate

inte

rest

sin

the

obli

gati

onof

cont

ract

,an

dth

eco

mm

onin

tere

stof

all

prop

erty

hold

ers

inth

em

utua

lpr

otec

tion

ofpr

oper

tyar

est

ill

cons

ider

able

,an

din

divi

dual

sar

est

ill

mar

kedl

yin

flue

nced

byco

nve

ntio

nan

dus

age

even

toda

y.Y

et,

the

infl

uenc

eof

thes

efa

ctor

sha

sde

clin

eddu

eto

the

disi

nteg

rati

onof

trad

itio

n,i.e

.,of

the

trad

itio

n-de

ter

min

edre

lati

onsh

ips

asw

ell

asof

the

belie

fin

thei

rsa

cred

ness

.F

urt

her

mor

e,cl

ass

inte

rest

sha

veco

me

todi

verg

em

ore

shar

ply

from

one

anot

her

‘C

f.W

.u.G

.38

,g7

;P

arso

ns’

tr.

17

3,

28

0.

“No

refe

renc

eto

apr

acti

ceof

the

kind

men

tion

edco

uld

belo

cate

dex

cept

the

foll

owin

gpa

ssag

ein

B.

MA

ISS

NE

R,

BA

BrL

ON

IEN

UN

DA

SS

YR

IEN

(19

20

)35

6:“A

son

eco

uld

not

gene

rall

yre

lyup

onth

ew

eigh

tan

dfi

nene

ssof

the

silv

eran

dth

usha

dto

chec

k(x

âtls

),on

epr

efer

red

tore

ceiv

esi

lver

bear

ing

ast

amp

(kan

ku)

byw

hich

the

wei

ght

and

fine

ness

wou

ldbe

guar

ante

ed.

Inco

ntra

cts

from

the

peri

odof

the

firs

tB

abyl

onia

ndy

nast

yw

efi

ndsh

ekel

sm

enti

oned

‘wit

ha

stam

p’(

?)of

Bab

ylon

(Vor

dera

siat

isch

eB

ibli

othe

kV

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o.2

17

,15)

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s‘f

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the

city

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Tab

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fra

pp.

i88

etse

q.

Page 23: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

40

LA

WIN

EC

ON

OM

yA

ND

SO

CIE

TY

than

ever

bef

ore

.30

The

tem

poof

mod

ern

busi

ness

com

mun

icat

ion

requ

ires

apr

ompt

lyan

dpr

edic

tabl

yfu

ncti

onin

gle

gal

syst

em,

i.e.,

one

whi

chis

guar

ante

edby

the

stro

nges

tco

erci

vepo

wer

.F

inal

ly,

mod

ern

econ

omic

life

byits

very

natu

reha

sde

stro

yed

thos

eot

her

asso

ciat

ions

whi

chus

edto

beth

ebe

arer

sof

Jaw

and

thus

ofle

gal

guar

anti

es.

Thi

sha

sbe

enth

ere

sult

ofth

ede

velo

pmen

tof

the

mar

ket.

The

univ

ersa

lpre

dom

inan

ceof

the

mar

ket

cons

ocia

tion

requ

ires

onth

eon

eha

nda

lega

lsy

stem

the

func

tion

ing

ofw

hich

isca

lcul

able

inac

cord

ance

with

rati

onal

rule

s.O

nth

eot

her

hand

,th

eco

nsta

ntex

pans

ion

ofth

em

arke

tco

nsoc

iatio

nha

sfa

vore

dth

em

onop

oliz

atio

nan

dre

gula

tion

ofal

l“l

egit

imat

e”co

erci

vepo

wer

byon

eun

iver

sal

coer

cive

inst

itut

ion

thro

ugh

the

dis

inte

grat

ion

ofal

lpa

rtic

ular

stat

us-d

eter

min

edan

dot

her

coer

cive

stru

ctu

res,

whi

chha

vebe

enre

stin

gm

ainl

yon

econ

omic

mon

opol

ies.

“On

“cla

sses

,”se

eW

.u.G

.17

7,P

arso

ns’

tr.

424.

CH

AP

TE

RII

I

FIE

LD

SO

FS

UB

ST

AN

TIV

EL

AW

x.P

ubli

cL

awan

dP

riva

teL

aw.

One

ofth

em

ost

impo

rtan

tdis

tinc

tions

inm

oder

nle

gal

theo

ryan

dpr

acti

ceis

that

betw

een

“pub

lic”

and

“pri

vate

”la

w.

2B

utth

eex

act

crit

eria

ofth

isdi

stin

ctio

nar

esu

rrou

nded

byco

ntro

vers

y.(a

)In

acco

rdan

cew

ithth

eso

ciol

ogic

alte

st,

one

mig

htde

fine

publ

ic

law

asth

eto

tal

body

ofth

ose

norm

sw

hich

regu

late

the

acti

viti

esof

the

stat

eas

such

,th

atis

,th

ose

acti

viti

esw

hich

the

stat

ein

agi

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lega

l

syse

mis

lega

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pow

ered

topu

rsue

.In

this

sens

ew

em

ean

by“a

c

tiviti

esof

the

stat

eas

such

”th

ose

acti

viti

esw

hich

are

inst

rum

enta

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r

the

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nten

ance

,de

velo

pmen

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dth

edi

rect

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illm

ent

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c

tives

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est

ate,

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ctiv

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wev

erw

hich

mus

tth

emse

lves

beva

lid

byvi

rtue

ofen

actm

ent,

orby

virt

ueof

the

cons

ensu

sof

thos

eco

ncer

ned.

Cor

resp

ondi

ngly

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ivat

ela

ww

ould

bede

fine

das

the

tota

lity

,no

tof

thos

eno

rms

whi

chre

late

toth

est

ate

assu

ch,

but

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ose

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sw

hich

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whi

leis

suin

gfr

omth

est

ate,

regu

late

cond

uct

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rth

anst

ate

acti

vity

.

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ski

ndof

defi

nitio

nis

rath

erno

n-te

chni

cal

and,

ther

efor

e,di

ffic

ult

toap

ply.

But

itse

ems

neve

rthe

less

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nsti

tute

the

basi

sof

alm

ost

all

othe

rat

tem

pted

dist

inct

ions

ofth

etw

ogr

eat

bran

ches

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w.

(b)

The

dist

inct

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just

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hap.

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(Soc

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7—39

5.

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erre

fers

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al,

and

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lega

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here

the

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inct

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give

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ith

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ith

the

inte

rest

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divi

dual

s”(q

uad

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per

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).

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inct

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ofpr

acti

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ific

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ere

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inha

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and

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lost

impo

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ulti

mat

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eno

mor

eth

ana

conv

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F.

42

LA

WIN

EC

ON

OM

YA

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SO

CIE

TY

Pub

lic

law

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htbe

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rded

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enti

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wit

hth

eto

tal

body

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e“r

egle

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eof

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dist

inct

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tow

hat

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ight

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indi

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ectl

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orth

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ases

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din

ala

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pres

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tial

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tions

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cha

law

no

ne

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hin

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dom

ain

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utto

day

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a“p

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tre

gard

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the

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asa

prop

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aspe

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efle

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“reg

lem

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ther

than

asth

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sult

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“cla

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urth

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sw

hich

exis

tin

ale

gal

syst

eman

dw

hich

belo

ngto

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ious

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fine

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rig

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.4

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ed,

even

thos

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cide

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ners

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whi

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cogn

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upon

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ing

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ele

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sa

mat

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whe

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agi

ven

righ

tis

“ves

ted”

mea

nsfr

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nom

ore

than

whe

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tit

isli

able

toex

prop

riat

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hout

com

pens

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n.T

hus

one

mig

htas

sert

that

all

publ

icla

wis

inth

ele

gal

sens

eno

mor

eth

ana

body

ofre

glem

enta

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s,w

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utas

sert

ing

that

regl

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tatj

ons

belo

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clus

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yto

the

sphe

reof

publ

icla

w.

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not

even

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ade

fini

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wou

ldbe

corr

ect.

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inso

me

lega

lsy

stem

sth

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vern

men

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erit

self

may

bere

gard

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sted

prop

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righ

tbe

long

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em

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me

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righ

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long

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eci

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bere

gard

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ble

and,

ther

efor

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vest

edri

ghts

.5

(c)

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ally

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ivat

ela

wm

ight

beco

ntra

sted

wit

hpu

blic

law

asth

ela

wof

coor

dina

tion

asdi

stin

guis

hed

from

that

ofsu

bord

inat

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vate

law

wou

ldth

enbe

conc

erne

dw

ith

thos

ele

gal

affa

irs

inw

hich

seve

ral

part

ies

are

conf

ront

ing

each

othe

rso

that

the

law

trea

tsth

emas

bein

gco

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inat

edan

dth

atth

eir

lega

lsp

here

sar

eto

be“p

rope

rly”

defi

ned

agai

nst

each

othe

rby

the

legi

slat

ure,

the

judi

ciar

yor

,by

mea

nsof

lega

ltr

ansa

ctio

ns,

byth

epa

rtie

sth

emse

lves

.In

the

dom

ain

ofpu

blic

law

,ho

wev

er,

aho

lder

ofpr

eem

inen

tpo

wer

,ha

ving

auth

orit

ativ

epo

wer

ofco

mm

and,

isco

nfro

ntin

gth

ose

pers

ons

who

are

his

subj

ects

byvi

rtue

‘Cf.

inJr

app

.gS

etse

q.T

here

fere

nce

isto

the

patr

imon

ial

stat

e,as

tow

hich

see

inIr

an.

6.

FIE

LD

SO

FS

UB

ST

AN

TIV

EL

AW

43of

the

lega

lm

eani

ngof

the

norm

s.Y

etno

tev

ery

func

tion

ary

ofth

est

ate

has

auth

orit

yto

com

man

dan

dno

tal

lth

ose

acti

viti

esof

the

orga

nsof

the

stat

ew

hich

are

regu

late

dby

publ

icla

war

eco

mm

ands

.F

urt

her

mor

e,th

ere

gula

tion

ofth

ere

lati

ons

amon

gth

eva

riou

spu

blic

orga

ns,

i.e.,

amon

gpo

wer

hold

ers

ofeq

ual

stat

us,

belo

ngs

toth

epr

oper

sphe

reof

“pub

lic

law

.”B

esid

es,

one

mus

tin

clud

ew

ithi

nth

efi

eld

ofpu

blic

law

not

only

the

rela

tion

sbe

twee

nth

eor

gans

ofth

est

ate

and

thos

esu

bjec

tto

them

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also

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ties

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nce

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lead

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fini

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does

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the

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wev

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onof

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pow

erto

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auth

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ofth

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betw

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thos

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and

thos

ew

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exam

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exer

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wou

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clud

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caus

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orig

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aco

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gal

stat

us.

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in,

the

auth

orit

yof

the

head

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fam

ily

will

bere

gard

edas

fall

ing

wit

hin

the

sphe

reof

priv

ate

law

—fo

rno

othe

rre

ason

than

the

fact

that

publ

icla

wis

only

conc

erne

dw

ith

thos

eac

tivi

ties

wit

hin

agi

ven

lega

lsy

stem

whi

char

edi

rect

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war

dth

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aint

enan

ceof

the

stat

eas

wel

las

tow

ard

the

real

izat

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ose

obje

ctiv

esof

the

stat

ew

hich

are

its

prim

eco

ncer

n.O

fco

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equ

esti

onas

tow

hat

thes

epa

rtic

ular

obje

ctiv

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beis

answ

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inva

ryin

gw

ays

even

toda

y.L

astl

y,ce

rtai

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blic

acti

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aybe

inte

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yre

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ted

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cha

way

that

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resp

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esa

me

subj

ect

mat

ter,

righ

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inin

div

idua

lsan

dpo

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sco

nfer

red

upon

stat

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enci

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tan

dco

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ith

each

othe

r.A

sw

eha

vese

en,

the

deli

mit

atio

nof

the

sphe

res

ofpu

blic

and

priv

ate

law

isev

ento

day

not

enti

rely

free

from

diff

icul

ty.

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asev

enle

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ear

inth

epa

st,

and

ther

ew

ason

cea

situ

atio

nin

whi

chsu

cha

dist

inct

ion

was

not

mad

eat

all.

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was

the

case

whe

nal

lla

w,

all

juri

sdic

tion

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dpa

rtic

ular

lyal

lpo

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exer

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ngau

thor

ity

wer

epe

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ile

ges,

such

as,

espe

cial

ly,

the

“pre

roga

tive

s”of

the

head

ofth

est

ate.

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atca

seth

eau

thor

ity

toju

dge,

orto

call

ape

rson

into

mil

itar

yse

rvic

e,or

tore

quir

eob

edie

nce

inso

me

othe

rre

spec

tw

asa

vest

edri

ght

inex

actl

yth

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me

way

asth

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thor

ity

tous

ea

piec

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land

;an

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stlik

eth

ela

tter

,it

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ect

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ter

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conv

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heri

tanc

e.tT

nder

thi

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emof

“pat

rim

onia

lism

,”po

liti

cal

au

thor

ity

was

not

orga

nize

din

anin

stit

utio

nali

zed

patt

ern,

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repre

sent

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rete

cons

ocia

tion

ofin

divi

dual

pow

er-h

olde

rs,

orpe

r-

On

patr

imon

iali

sm,

see

W.u

.G.

679;

Par

sons

’tr

.62

,34

6.

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44L

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Law

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the

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wid

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usiv

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the

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puls

ion.

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mos

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ampl

esar

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unic

ipal

corp

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,sc

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and

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stab

lish

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ches

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dce

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npro

fess

iona

lgu

ilds

oras

soci

atio

ns,

such

asan

“int

egra

ted”

bar

asso

ciat

ion.

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sw

ides

tse

nse,

the

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ubli

cad

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clud

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ton

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gisl

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dad

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sidu

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whi

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over

nmen

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nbe

boun

dby

lega

lno

rms

and

lim

ited

byve

sted

righ

ts.

Inth

ese

resp

ects

itre

sem

bles

legi

slat

ion

and

adju

dica

tion

.B

utth

ere

are

two

aspe

cts

tobe

dist

ingu

ishe

d.F

irst

,an

din

apo

siti

vese

nse,

gove

rnm

ent

mus

tha

vea

legi

tim

ate

basi

sfo

rits

own

juri

sdic

tion

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mod

ern

gove

rnm

ent

exer

cise

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asa

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juri

sdic

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hich

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nsle

gally

that

it

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gard

edas

rest

ing

onau

thor

izat

ion

byth

eco

nsti

tuti

onal

norm

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the

stat

e.Se

cond

ly,

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ina

nega

tive

sens

e,th

eli

mit

atio

nson

the

pow

er

ofth

est

ate

byla

wan

dve

sted

righ

tscr

eate

thos

ere

stra

int5

upon

its

free

dom

ofac

tion

tow

hich

itm

ust

adju

stits

elf.

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spec

ific

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acte

ris

ticof

gove

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how

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side

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the

fact

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ms

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ing

and

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mpl

ybe

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and

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tal

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that

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ctiv

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apo

liti

cal,

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cal,

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itar

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me

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oth

ego

vern

men

t,th

ein

divi

dual

and

his

inte

rest

sar

ein

the

lega

lse

nse

obje

cts

rath

erth

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arer

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righ

ts.

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em

oder

nst

ate,

itis

true

,th

ere

exis

tsa

tren

dfo

rmal

lyto

assi

mi

late

adju

dica

tion

to“a

dmin

istr

atio

n”(i

nth

ese

nse

of“g

over

nmen

t”).

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dge

isfr

eque

ntly

inst

ruct

ed,

eith

erby

the

posi

tive

law

orby

lega

lth

eory

,to

rend

erhi

sde

cisi

onon

the

basi

sof

ethi

cs,

equi

ty,

orex

pedi

ency

.In

the

adm

inis

trat

ive

fiel

d,on

the

othe

rha

nd,

the

mod

ern

stat

eha

spr

ovid

edfo

rth

eci

tizen

,to

who

m,

onpr

inci

ple,

its

acti

viti

esar

edi

rect

ed,

apo

ssib

ilit

yof

prot

ecti

nghi

sin

tere

sts

bygr

anti

ngre

med

ies

whi

char

efo

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lyid

enti

cal

wit

hth

ose

exis

ting

inth

efi

eld

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ead

min

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atio

nof

just

ice,

nam

ely,

the

righ

tto

reso

rtto

adm

inis

trat

ive

tri

buna

ls.’

°B

utno

neof

thes

egu

aran

ties

can

elim

inat

eth

eba

sic

con

tra

dict

ion

betw

een

adju

dica

tion

and

“gov

ernm

ent.”

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crea

tion

,to

o,is

appr

oxim

ated

bygo

vern

men

tw

here

ver

gove

rnm

ent

prom

ulga

tes

gene

ral

rule

sde

alin

gw

ith

typi

cal

situ

atio

nsra

ther

than

mer

ely

inte

rven

ing

insp

ecif

icca

ses

—an

d,to

ace

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nex

tent

,ev

enw

hen

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und

byth

em.

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eral

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serv

ance

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ego

vern

men

tof

the

rule

sis

rega

rded

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Ang

lo-A

mer

ican

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yer

wou

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gard

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cess

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eco

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aco

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the

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46L

AW

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CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

YF

IEL

DS

OF

SU

BS

TA

NT

IVE

LA

W47

asth

eno

rmal

thin

gan

da

tota

ldi

sreg

ard

ofth

emw

ould

ordi

nari

lybe

disa

ppro

ved

as“a

rbit

rary

”co

nduc

t.T

hepr

imev

alfo

rmof

“adm

inis

trat

ion”

isre

pres

ente

dby

patr

iarc

hal

pow

er,

i.e.,

the

rule

ofth

eho

useh

old.

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spr

imit

ive

form

,th

eau

thor

ity

ofth

em

aste

rof

the

hous

ehol

dis

unli

mit

ed.

Tho

sesu

bord

inat

edto

his

pow

erha

veno

righ

tsas

agai

nst

him

,an

dno

rms

regu

lati

nghi

sbe

havi

orto

war

dth

emex

ist

only

asin

dire

ctef

fect

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hth

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ativ

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the

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the

othe

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ents

mad

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twee

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pgr

oups

and

rela

ting

toth

epr

oof

and

com

posi

tion

ofal

lege

din

jury

.O

nly

inth

ela

tter

are

“cla

ims,

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.,ri

ghts

,at

issu

ean

dar

eve

rdic

tsre

nder

ed;

and

only

inre

lati

ons

betw

een

kins

hip

grou

psdo

we

find

esta

blis

hed

form

alit

ies,

lim

itat

ions

asto

time,

rule

sof

evid

ence

,et

c.,

that

is,

the

begi

nnin

gsof

“jud

icia

l”pr

oced

ure.

Non

eof

thes

eex

ist

wit

hin

the

sphe

reof

patr

iarc

hal

pow

er,

whi

chre

pres

ents

the

prim

itiv

efo

rmof

“gov

ernm

ent,”

inth

esa

me

way

asth

ein

ter-

grou

par

rang

emen

tsre

pres

ent

the

prim

itiv

efo

rmof

adju

dica

tion

.T

hetw

oar

edi

stin

ctfr

omon

ean

othe

ral

sow

ith

rega

rdto

the

sphe

res

inw

hich

they

oper

ate.

Eve

nsu

cha

rela

tive

lyla

teph

enom

enon

asth

ean

cien

tR

oman

adm

inis

trat

ion

ofju

stic

est

oppe

dat

the

thre

shol

dof

the

hous

ehol

d.”

We

shal

lla

ter

see

how

dom

estic

auth

orit

yca

me

tobe

diff

used

beyo

ndit

sor

igin

alsp

here

and

was

carr

ied

over

into

cert

ain

form

sof

poli

tica

lpo

wer

,vi

z.,

pat

rim

onia

lm

onar

chy,

ther

eby

also

ente

ring

into

the

adm

inis

trat

ion

ofju

stic

e.W

hene

ver

this

happ

ened

,th

edi

stin

ctio

nsbe

twee

nle

gisl

atio

n,ad

judi

cati

on,

and

gove

rnm

ent

wer

ebr

oken

dow

n.T

heco

nseq

uenc

esha

vebe

enon

eor

the

othe

rof

the

follo

win

g:In

the

firs

tpl

ace,

adju

dica

tion

assu

med

the

char

acte

rof

“adm

inis

tra

tion

,”bo

thfo

rmal

lyan

dm

ater

iall

y,an

dw

asop

erat

edsi

mpl

yth

roug

hde

cree

sor

com

man

dsis

sued

byth

elo

rdto

his

subj

ects

acco

rdin

gto

cons

ider

atio

nsof

mer

eex

pedi

ency

oreq

uity

.an

dw

itho

utfi

xed

form

san

dat

arbi

trar

ytim

es.

Thi

ssi

tuat

ion,

how

ever

,ne

ver

obta

ined

with

full

forc

eex

cept

inbo

rder

line

case

s;bu

tap

prox

imat

ions

toit

have

occu

rred

in“i

nqui

sito

rial

”pr

oced

ures

asw

ell

asin

all

thos

esy

stem

sof

pro

cedu

rein

whi

chth

eco

nduc

tof

tria

lan

dpr

oof

isdo

min

ated

byth

eju

dge.

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er,

Zur

altr

örn

isch

enH

ausg

ewal

t(i

g.o

),67

SA

y.Z

.R

ör.

Ger

man

,an

dge

nera

lly

cont

inen

tal,

theo

ryof

proc

edur

edi

stin

guis

hes

betw

een

two

type

sof

tria

l:(x

)th

etr

ial

acco

rdin

gto

the

Off

izia

lina

xim

e,an

d(2

)th

etr

ial

The

othe

r,ra

ther

diff

eren

t,po

ssib

leco

nseq

uenc

eof

the

diff

usio

nof

the

patt

ern

ofdo

mes

ticau

thor

ity

into

extr

a-ho

useh

old

sphe

res

cons

ists

in“a

dmin

istr

atio

n”as

sum

ing

the

form

ofju

dici

alpr

oced

ure,

asha

ppen

edto

ala

rge

exte

nt,

and

inso

me

sens

est

illha

ppen

sto

day,

tobe

the

case

inE

ngla

nd.

Par

liam

ent

deal

sw

ith

“pri

vate

bill

s,”

i.e.,

wit

hsu

chpu

rely

adm

inis

trat

ive

acts

aslic

ensi

ng,

etc.

,in

exac

tly

the

sam

ew

ayth

atit

trea

tspu

blic

bills

.T

hefa

ilur

eto

dist

ingu

ish

betw

een

the

two

type

sof

legi

slat

ion

has

been

age

nera

lfe

atur

eof

olde

rpa

rlia

men

tary

proc

edur

e;fo

rth

eE

ngli

shP

arli

amen

tit

was

,in

deed

,a

deci

sive

fact

orin

the

esta

bli

shm

ent

ofits

posi

tion

.’3

Par

liam

ent

aros

eor

igin

ally

asa

judi

cial

body

,an

d,in

Fra

nce,

itbe

cam

esu

chto

the

excl

usio

nof

all

othe

rac

tivi

ties

.T

his

conf

usio

nbe

twee

nle

gisl

ativ

ean

dju

dici

alfu

ncti

ons

was

cond

itio

ned

bypo

liti

cal

circ

umst

ance

s.T

hebu

dget

,w

hich

isa

pure

lyad

min

istr

ativ

em

atte

r,’

4is

also

trea

ted

asa

legi

slat

ive

act,

inad

here

nce

toa

patt

ern

esta

blis

hed

inE

ngla

ndas

wel

las

for

poli

tica

lre

ason

s.

acco

rdin

gto

the

rhan

dlz

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gS

maX

ime.

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er(x

),th

etr

ial

isdo

min

ated

byth

epr

esid

ing

judg

ew

hose

func

tion

itis

toas

cert

ain

wha

tha

sre

ally

happ

ened

and

who

is,

ther

efor

e,al

one

orpr

imar

ily

enti

tled

toca

llan

dex

amin

eth

ew

itne

sses

and

tore

quir

esu

chpr

oof

ashe

thin

ksne

cess

ary.

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er(2

),th

eju

dge

only

assu

mes

the

role

ofum

pire

ina

tria

lm

ainl

yco

nduc

ted

byth

epa

rtie

s;ea

chpar

tyde

cide

sup

onth

ew

itness

es

hew

ishe

sto

call,

the

ques

tion

she

wis

hes

toas

kin

exam

inat

ion

and

cros

s_ex

amin

atio

n,an

dth

eki

ndof

evid

ence

hew

ishe

sto

subm

it.

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uall

y,ne

ithe

rty

peof

tria

lha

sin

prac

tice

ever

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ted

ina

pure

form

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both

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al,

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toda

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vat

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budget

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man

lega

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dco

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ry,

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ws

inth

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anti

ve

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rfer

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the

stat

ew

ith

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per

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win

the

form

alse

nse

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from

the

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latu

re,

irre

spec

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sco

nte

nts

.O

neof

the

post

ula

tes

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ule

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w”

asunder

stood

onth

eC

onti

nen

tis

that

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stat

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not

allo

wed

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ere

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pro

per

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ithout

the

conse

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ted

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the

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ve

sens

em

ust

be,

or

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ast

hav

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sbas

isin

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act

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ele

gis

latu

re,

i.e.

,a

law

inth

efo

rmal

sens

e.It

isth

ispoli

tica

l

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48L

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

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IET

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ctio

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here

the

offi

cial

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eor

gans

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fici

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dies

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me

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sam

efo

rmas

agre

emen

tsbe

twee

nin

divi

dual

s.T

his

isth

eca

sew

hen

offi

cial

sin

the

cour

seof

thei

rof

fici

aldu

ties

mak

eco

ntra

ctua

lar

range

men

tsfo

rex

chan

geof

good

sor

serv

ices

eith

erw

ith

mem

bers

ofth

eorg

aniz

atio

nor

wit

hot

her

indi

vidu

als.

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quen

tly

such

rela

tion

ship

sar

ew

ith

draw

nfr

omth

eno

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ofpr

ivat

ela

w,

are

arra

nged

inso

me

way

diff

eren

tfr

omth

ege

nera

lle

gal

norm

sas

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nce

oras

toth

em

ode

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forc

emen

t,an

dar

eth

usde

clar

edto

belo

ngto

the

sphe

reof

“adm

inis

tra

tion

.”‘

As

long

ascl

aim

str

eate

din

this

way

are

guar

ante

edby

som

e

theo

ryof

the

rule

ofla

ww

hich

cons

titu

tes

the

basi

sof

the

prin

cipl

eso

firm

lyhe

ldin

the

cont

inen

tal

coun

trie

s,w

hich

requ

ires

that

all

law

beex

pres

sed

ina

code

orst

atute

,an

dw

hich

thus

excl

udes

the

reco

gnit

ion

asle

giti

mat

eof

any

“com

mon

law

”w

hich

wou

ldno

tbe

base

don

stat

ute

but

sole

lyon

judi

cial

prec

eden

t.T

heno

tion

that

law

coul

dbe

mad

eor

appl

ied

byco

urts

wit

hout

appr

oval

ofth

ele

gisl

atur

eex

pres

sly

give

nin

ast

atute

,so

that

ther

eco

uld

bea

gove

rnm

ent

byth

eju

dici

ary

rath

erth

anby

the

peop

le’s

duly

elec

ted

repr

esen

tati

ves,

appe

ars

repu

gnan

tto

the

trad

itio

nal

cont

inen

tal

noti

ons

ofth

eru

leof

law

and

dem

ocra

cy.

On

the

othe

rha

nd,

mea

sure

sw

hich

dono

tco

nsti

tute

publ

icin

terf

eren

cew

ith

the

life,

libe

rty,

orpr

oper

tyof

the

subj

ects

are

clas

sifi

edas

“adm

inis

trat

ive

acts

”w

hich

gene

rall

ydo

not

requ

ire

for

thei

rva

lidi

tya

law

inth

efo

rmal

sens

e.B

utm

oder

nco

nsti

tuti

onal

law

ofte

nre

quir

esth

atev

enan

“adm

inis

trat

ive

act”

beem

bodi

edin

afo

rmal

law

,th

atis

,be

prop

erly

pass

edby

the

legi

slat

ure.

As

rega

rds

the

budg

et,

itis

,in

theo

reti

cal

anal

ysis

,on

lya

prog

ram

ofpu

blic

reve

nue

and

expen

di

ture

,an

dth

usan

adm

inis

trat

ive

act.

Thi

san

alys

isdo

esno

t,of

cour

se,

appl

yto

the

tax

and

cust

oms

prov

isio

nsw

hich

cons

titu

tein

terf

eren

ces

wit

hpr

oper

ty.

But

even

for

the

budg

etas

such

,po

siti

veco

nsti

tuti

onal

law

requ

ires

that

itbe

embo

died

inan

act

ofth

ele

gisl

atur

e.T

hebu

dget

,th

eref

ore,

albe

itan

adm

inis

trat

ive

act,

con

stit

utes

also

ala

win

the

form

alse

nse.

Cf.

JEL

LIN

EK

,SY

STEM

226;

also

KE

LS

EN

123,

131;

JEL

LIN

EK

,V

ER

WA

LT

UN

GS

RE

CH

T(1

949)

8,38

5;F

LE

INE

R,

INS

TIT

UT

ION

EN

DE

SD

EU

TS

CH

EN

VE

RW

AL

TIJ

NG

SR

EC

HT

S(x

922)

I7

LA

BA

ND

,D

EU

TS

CR

ES

RE

IcR

ssrT

sR

EC

HT

(1912)

130.

Cf.

the

spec

ial

rule

sap

plyi

ngin

this

coun

try

togo

vern

men

tco

ntra

cts

and

the

enfo

rcem

ent

ofco

ntra

ctua

lcl

aim

sag

ains

tth

ego

vern

men

t.T

hesp

ecia

lst

atus

ofgo

vern

men

tco

ntra

cts

isev

enm

ore

pron

ounc

edin

Fra

nce,

whe

reth

eyar

esu

bjec

tto

abo

dyof

spec

ial

rule

sto

ala

rge

exte

ntju

dici

ally

elab

orat

ed,

not

byth

eor

dina

ryco

urts

,bu

tby

the

Cou

ncil

ofS

tate

and

the

adm

inis

trat

ive

trib

unal

ssu

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inat

eto

it.

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GooaN

ow

,C

OM

PA

RA

TIV

EA

DM

INIS

TR

AT

IVE

LA

W(1

893)

I,86

,107;

II,

217;

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LIN

E,

LAN

OT

ION

JUD

ICIA

IRE

Dx

L’EX

cES

m.i

PO

UvO

IR(2

926)

7—so

,76

etse

q.;

F.

A.

Ooo

,E

UR

OP

EA

NG

OV

ER

NM

EN

TS

AN

DP

oLIT

IcS

(2nd

ed.

2943

)572,

768.

On

the

othe

rha

nd,

unde

rth

efi

scth

eory

,w

hich

prev

ails

inG

erm

any

and

the

othe

rco

untr

ies

foll

owin

gth

eG

erm

ansy

stem

,go

vern

men

tco

ntra

cts

are

trea

ted

like

con

trac

tsco

nclu

ded

betw

een

priv

ate

part

ies

and

are

subj

ect

toth

eju

risd

icti

onof

the

ordi

nary

cour

ts.

The

sam

etr

eatm

ent

appl

ies

toto

rts

com

mit

ted

bypu

blic

offi

cial

sin

the

cour

seof

thei

rof

fici

aldu

ties

.C

f.E

.B

orch

ard,

Sta

teL

iabi

lity

,14

EN

CY

C.

Soc

.S

ci.

338,

wit

hbi

blio

grap

hy;

also

2G

ooonow

,op

.ci

t.240,

258—

261;

as

to

FIE

LD

SO

FS

UB

ST

AN

TIV

EL

AW

49po

ssib

ilit

yof

enfo

rcem

ent,

they

dono

tce

ase

tobe

“rig

hts,

”an

dth

edi

stin

ctio

nis

nom

ore

than

ate

chni

cal

one.

How

ever

,ev

enas

such

,th

edi

stin

ctio

nm

aybe

ofco

nsid

erab

lepr

acti

cal

sign

ific

ance

.N

onet

hele

ss,

the

tota

lst

ruct

ure

ofan

cien

tR

oman

priv

ate

law

isco

mpl

etel

ym

isun

der

stoo

dif

one

rega

rds

asbe

long

ing

toit

ssp

here

only

thos

ecl

aim

sw

hich

wer

een

forc

edin

are

gula

rju

rytr

ial

and

onth

eba

sis

ofa

len,

and

excl

udes

from

ital

lth

ose

righ

tsw

hich

wer

een

forc

edso

lely

thro

ugh

the

mag

istr

ate’

s“c

ogni

tio”

and

whi

ch,

attim

es,

wer

eof

prep

onde

rant

eco

nom

icsi

gnif

ican

ce.’

°

.C

rim

inal

Law

and

Pri

vate

Law

.T

heau

thor

ity

ofm

agi

and

pro

ph

ets

17an

d,un

der

cert

ain

cond

ition

s,th

epo

wer

sof

the

prie

stho

od,

can,

toth

eex

tent

that

they

have

thei

rso

urce

inco

ncre

tere

vela

tion

,be

asun

rest

rain

edby

righ

tsan

dno

rms

asth

epr

imit

ive

pow

erof

the

mas

ter

ofa

hous

ehol

d.B

elie

fin

mag

icis

also

one

ofth

eor

igin

also

urce

sof

crim

inal

law

,as

dist

ingu

ishe

dfr

om“p

riva

tela

w.”

18T

hem

oder

nvi

ew

gove

rnm

ent

cont

ract

sin

Eng

land

,se

eW

ade

and

Phi

llip

s,op

.ci

t.su

pra

n.

13at

p.309.

“F

oll

ow

ing

GA

lus

IV.

103,

ion,

itha

sbe

com

ecu

stom

ary

todi

stin

guis

hbe

twee

niu

dici

umle

giti

mun

ian

dth

eiu

dici

aqu

aeim

peri

oco

ntin

entu

r.T

hefo

rmer

isth

ere

gula

rci

vil

proc

edur

ein

whi

chth

eis

sue

isde

fine

dbe

fore

the

prae

tor,

form

ally

stat

edin

the

form

ula,

and

then

trie

dbe

fore

and

deci

ded

byth

ela

yju

dge

(iud

ex).

The

latt

erte

rmco

vers

ava

riet

yof

spec

ial

proc

eedi

ngs

inw

hich

,as

aco

mm

onfe

atur

e,th

eis

sue

isno

ton

lyfo

rmul

ated

byth

em

agis

trat

ebut

also

trie

dbe

fore

and

deci

ded

byhi

mor

,un

der

his

auth

orit

y,by

asu

bsti

tute

(sub

roga

tus,

surr

ogat

e).

One

ofth

ese

proc

edur

esw

asth

eso

-cal

led

bure

aucr

atic

cogn

itio

,w

hich

appl

ied

toth

eli

tiga

tion

conc

erni

ngth

ela

nds

owne

dby

the

stat

eas

ager

publ

icus

.T

his

pro

cedu

redi

ffer

edfr

omth

eor

dina

ryci

vil

proc

edur

eno

ton

lyth

roug

hth

eab

senc

eof

aiu

dex,

but

also

thro

ugh

the

fact

that

judg

men

tco

uld

bere

nder

ednot

only

for

mon

eyda

mag

esbut

also

for

spec

ific

perf

orm

ance

.A

sW

eber

indi

cate

s,it

ssi

gnif

ican

ceha

sbe

enco

mm

only

negl

ecte

din

the

lite

ratu

reon

Rom

an

law

.Fo

rfu

rther

info

rmat

ion

onth

ele

gal

aspe

cts

ofth

ebu

reau

crat

icco

gnit

io,

see

Wen

ger,

z8,

62et

seq.

,239,

250,

255

etse

q.;

asto

itssi

gnif

icance

inconnecti

on

wit

hth

eag

erpu

blic

us,

see

Wxa

ER

,167

etse

q.;

cf.

als

oM

OM

MSE

N,

290.

‘F

or

furt

her

disc

ussi

onof

the

role

ofla

wpro

phet

sse

ein

fra

p.

86.

“On

the

role

ofm

agic

inle

gal

deve

lopm

ent,

see

G.

Gurv

itch

,M

agic

and

Law

(1942),

gS

OC

IAL

RE

SE

AR

CH

104,

and

sam

e,E

ssA

JsD

ES

OC

IOL

OC

IE(1

939)

204.

For

age

nera

lac

count

ofth

ero

leof

mag

icin

pri

mit

ive

soci

etie

sas

rega

rds

the

crim

inal

law

and

the

peculi

ar

natu

reof

pri

vate

or

civi

lla

w,

see

MA

LX

NO

WS

KI,

CR

IM.E

AN

DC

US

TO

MIN

SAV

AG

ES

oci

xiY

(192

6)50

—59

,6’

—68

,g8

—gg

,119—

121.

See

also

Hoc

aiN

,L

AW

AN

DOR

DER

InP

OL

YN

ES

IA(2

934)

and

Mal

inow

ski’

sin

troduct

ion

ther

eto,

esp

ecia

lly

pp.

xvii

-lxx

ii;

Low

IE,

PR

IRII

T1v

ER

EL

IGIO

N(1

925);

TV

E0R

,P

RIM

ITIV

EC

UL

TU

SE

(6th

ed.

1920);

RA

DC

LiF

FE

-BR

OW

N,

TH

EA

ND

AM

AN

ISL

AN

DE

RS

(1922);

WE

ST

ER

MA

RC

IC,

RIT

UA

LA

ND

BE

LIE

FIN

MoR

occo

(1926).

Usu

ally

regar

ded

asth

eba

sic

Page 28: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

50

LA

WrN

EC

ON

OM

YA

ND

SO

CIE

TY

ofcr

imin

alju

stic

e,br

oadl

y,is

that

publ

icco

ncer

nw

ith

mor

alit

yor

expe

dien

cyde

cree

sex

piat

ion

for

the

viol

atio

nof

ano

rm;

this

conc

ern

find

sex

pres

sion

inth

ein

flic

tion

ofpu

nish

men

tup

onth

eev

ildo

erby

agen

tsof

the

stat

e,th

eev

ildo

er,

how

ever

,en

joyi

ngth

epr

otec

tion

ofa

regu

lar

proc

edur

e.T

here

dres

sof

the

viol

atio

nof

priv

ate

righ

ts,

onth

eot

her

hand

,is

left

toth

ein

jure

dpa

rty,

and

acti

onby

the

latt

erle

ads

not

topu

nish

men

t,bu

tto

the

rest

orat

ion

ofa

situ

atio

nw

hich

the

law

has

guar

ante

ed.

But

even

toda

yth

isdi

stin

ctio

nis

not

alw

ays

appl

ied

incl

ear-

cut

fash

ion.

Itw

asce

rtai

nly

unkn

own

inpr

imit

ive

adm

inis

trat

ion

ofju

stic

e.E

ven

inth

ela

test

ages

ofot

herw

ise

com

plex

lega

lde

velo

pm

ents

,ev

ery

acti

onw

assi

mpl

ylo

oked

upon

asso

Und

ing

into

rtan

dth

eno

tion

sof

“con

trac

t”an

dob

ligat

iow

ere

com

plet

ely

unkn

own.

’°In

deed

,C

hine

sela

wst

illm

anif

ests

som

etr

aces

ofth

issit

uati

on,2

0w

hich

inth

ehi

stor

yof

civi

liza

tion

has

been

ofsu

chgr

eat

impo

rtan

cein

lega

lde

velo

pmen

t.E

very

infr

inge

men

tby

anou

tsid

erup

ona

mem

ber

ofa

kins

hip

grou

por

his

prop

erty

calls

for

eith

erre

veng

e21

or

com

posit

ion,

the

purs

uit

ofw

hich

isle

ftto

the

inju

red

part

y,su

ppor

ted

byhi

ski

n.

wor

k5

SIR

JAIo

PE

SF

RA

ZE

R,

TH

EG

OL

DE

NB

OU

GH

,vo

ls.

Ian

dII

;T

UE

MA

GIC

AR

T(3

rded

.iii,

abri

dged

ed.

1925).

For

ash

ort

intr

oduc

tion

toth

epr

oble

m,

see

RO

BS

ON

,C

IVII

ISA

TIQ

NA

ND

TH

EG

RO

WT

HO

FL

AW

(I5)

74et

Seq

.Se

eon

all

this

inge

nera

l:E

NG

EL

MA

NN

AN

DM

u.L

AN

,it

S,

12

9,

III,

652;

R.D

LA

GR

AS

SE

RIE

,T

HE

EV

OL

UT

ION

OF

Civ

nz.

LA

W(1

918)

609;

DIA

MO

ND

301,

307;

Low

rE,

PR

IMIT

IVE

SoC

IETY

(1920)

397,

425.

See

also

asre

gard

s:(a

)R

om

an

law

:N

OY

ES

201—

207;

A.

HA

GE

RS

TR

ÔM

,D

xaR

dM

ISC

EE

OB

LIG

AT

ION

SB

E_

GR

iPE

(2927)

ôoo;

KA

SE

R30

8—31

6,32

2—33

6.(b

)G

reek

law

:P

.V

inog

rado

ff.

Gre

ekL

aw,

inC

OL

LE

CT

ED

PA

PE

RS

vol.

2(Juin

sP

RU

DE

NC

E,

1928)

43,

44.

Cc)

Ori

enta

lla

w:

Art

icle

s“l

aw”

ing

EN

CY

C.

Soc.

SeT.

(293

3)an

dli

tera

ture

ther

eci

ted,

espe

cial

lyth

ear

ticl

esby

Seid

ion

Egy

ptia

nL

aw,

p.209;

Kos

cbak

eron

Cun

eifo

rmL

aw,

p.III;

and

Gul

akon

Jew

ish

Law

,p.

229.

(d)

Sla

vic

law

:L

.J.

ST

RA

CH

OV

SK

Y,

AH

AN

DB

OO

KO

FS

LA

VIC

ST

UD

IES

(1949);

R.

DA

RE

ST

E,

ET

UD

ES

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lish

law

the

dis

tincti

on

betw

een

tort

and

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act

deve

lope

dat

ara

ther

late

stag

e.C

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ND

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8,48

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et

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.;P

LU

CK

NE

TT

.20

The

refe

renc

eis

toC

hine

sela

was

itex

iste

dbe

fore

the

refo

rms

foll

owin

gth

ere

volu

tion

of1912;

see

J.H

.W

IGM

OR

E,

WoR

I.IJ’

sL

EG

AL

SYST

EMS

(19

28

)141;

W.

S.H

.H

UN

G,

OU

TL

INE

SO

FM

OD

EIU

eC

HIN

ES

EL

Aw

(2934)

5,249;

AL

AB

AS

TE

R.

“The

Ger

man

text

cont

ains

anob

viou

sty

pogr

aphi

cal

erro

r;in

stea

dof

Rec

htit

shou

ldre

adR

ache

(“re

veng

e”).

pF

IEL

DS

OF

SU

BS

TA

NT

IVE

LA

W5’

The

proc

edur

efo

rob

tain

ing

com

posi

tion

eith

ersh

ows

notr

ace

atal

lor

atm

ost

the

mer

ebe

ginn

ings

ofth

edi

stin

ctio

nbe

twee

nfe

lony

that

calls

for

veng

eanc

e,an

dto

rtth

atm

erel

yre

quir

esre

stit

utio

n.F

urt

her

mor

e,th

eab

senc

eof

adi

stin

ctio

nbe

twee

nac

tion

sfo

rw

hat

we

call

“civ

il”re

dres

san

dcr

imin

alpr

osec

utio

nai

min

gat

puni

shm

ent,

and

the

desi

gnat

ion

ofbo

thth

ese

phen

omen

aby

the

sing

leex

pres

sion

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tis

fact

ion

for

wro

ngsu

ffer

ed,

isco

nnec

ted

wit

htw

ope

culi

arit

ies

ofpri

mi

tive

law

and

proc

edur

e.T

here

isa

com

plet

eun

conc

ern

wit

ha

noti

onof

guilt

,an

d,co

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uent

ly,

wit

han

yde

gree

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t,re

flec

ting

the

inne

rm

otiv

atio

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dps

ycho

logi

cal

atti

tude

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ew

hoth

irst

sfo

rve

ngea

nce

isno

tin

tere

sted

inm

otiv

es;

heis

conc

erne

don

lyw

ith

the

obje

ctiv

eha

ppen

ing

ofth

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ent

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his

desi

refo

rve

ngea

nce

has

been

arou

sed.

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ange

rex

pres

ses

itse

lfeq

uall

yag

ains

tin

anim

ate

obje

cts,

byw

hich

heha

sbe

enun

expe

cted

lyhu

rt,

agai

nst

anim

als

byw

hich

heha

sbe

enun

expe

cted

lyin

jure

d,an

dag

ains

thu

man

bein

gsw

hoha

veha

rmed

him

unkn

owin

gly,

negl

igen

tly,

orin

tent

iona

lly.

Thi

s,fo

rex

ampl

e,w

asth

eor

igin

alse

nse

ofth

eR

oman

actio

depa

uper

ie,

i.e.,

that

anan

imal

had

beha

ved

ina

way

othe

rth

anit

shou

ldha

ve,

asw

ell

asof

the

noxa

eda

tio,

i.e.,

the

surr

ende

rof

the

anim

alfo

rven

gea

nce

.22

Eve

ryw

rong

is,

ther

efor

e,a

“tor

t”th

atre

quir

esex

piat

ion,

and

noto

rtis

mor

eth

ana

wro

ngth

atre

quir

esex

piat

ion.

The

prim

itiv

ein

dist

inct

iven

ess

ofcr

ime

and

tort

also

foun

dex

pre

ssi

onin

the

ways

inw

hich

“jud

gmen

ts”

wer

e“e

nfor

ced.

”P

roce

dure

did

not

vary

,w

heth

erth

esu

itw

asab

out

api

ece

ofla

ndor

abou

tho

mic

ide.

But

even

whe

nth

atst

age

was

reac

hed

whe

nfa

irly

wel

l-es

tabl

ishe

dco

mpo

sitio

nsbe

gan

tobe

impo

sed,

ther

ew

asst

ill

ala

ckof

“off

icia

l”m

achi

nery

for

the

enfo

rcem

ent

ofth

ese

judg

men

ts.

Itw

asra

ther

belie

ved

that

aju

dgm

ent

whi

chha

dbe

enar

rive

dat

byth

ein

ter

pret

atio

nof

orac

les

orot

her

mag

ical

devi

ces,

orth

ein

voca

tion

ofm

agic

alor

divi

nepo

wer

s,ca

rrie

dw

ith

itsu

ffic

ient

mag

ical

auth

orit

yto

enfo

rce

itsel

f,so

that

diso

bedi

ence

cons

titu

ted

aki

ndof

seri

ous

blas

phem

y.W

here

,as

are

sult

ofce

rtai

nde

velo

pmen

tsco

nnec

ted

wit

hm

ilit

ary

or

gani

zati

on(t

obe

deal

tw

ith

shor

tly)

,23

the

tria

lto

okpl

ace

befo

rean

asse

mbl

yof

the

who

leco

mm

unit

y,w

ith

all

mem

bers

part

icip

atin

gin

the

mak

ing

ofth

eju

dgm

ent

(as

was

the

case

,fo

rin

stan

ce,

inea

rly

Ger

man

icre

cord

ed

his

tory),

itm

ight

beex

pect

edth

atas

aco

nseq

uenc

eof

such

“On

the

acti

ode

pan

peri

ean

dnoxae

dati

ose

eS

onar

28

0,

33!

(jct

iode

paup

erie

);

and

29

2,

19

4,

28

0,

332

(noxae

dati

o);

WE

NG

ER

15

3,

whe

refu

rther

lite

ratu

reis

cit

ed.

“See

infr

app

.91

et.

seq.

Page 29: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

52L

AW

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CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

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IEL

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OF

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TA

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IVE

LA

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coop

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inth

ere

nder

ing

ofa

judg

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neof

itsm

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rsw

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obst

ruct

its

enfo

rcem

ent,

prov

ided

itha

dno

tbe

enpu

blic

lych

alle

nged

inth

eas

sem

bly.

Nev

erth

eles

s,th

evi

ctor

ious

liti

gant

coul

dno

tde

pend

onan

ythi

ngm

ore

than

mer

epa

ssiv

ity

onth

epa

rtof

thos

eou

tsid

eof

his

own

kins

hip

grou

p.It

was

enti

rely

incu

mbe

ntup

onhi

m,

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ayof

self

-he

lp,

toen

forc

eth

eju

dgm

ent

wit

hth

eas

sist

ance

ofhi

ski

nfol

kun

less

,of

cour

se,

the

unsu

cces

sful

part

yob

eyed

the

judg

men

t.B

oth

inR

ome

and

amon

gth

eG

erm

anic

trib

es,

this

self

-hel

pus

uall

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nsis

ted

inth

eca

ptur

eof

the

cond

emne

dto

rem

ain

asho

stag

efo

rth

epa

ymen

tof

the

com

posi

tion,

the

amou

ntof

whi

chw

asei

ther

fixe

dby

the

judg

men

tits

elf

orw

asto

beag

reed

onby

the

liti

gant

sth

emse

lves

.N

ordi

dth

isse

lf-h

elp

vary

for

diff

eren

tty

pes

ofli

tiga

tion

:se

lf-h

elp

was

reso

rted

tow

heth

erth

esu

itha

dbe

enab

out

api

ece

ofla

ndor

whe

ther

itha

dbe

enab

out

hom

icid

e.A

nof

fici

alm

achi

nery

for

the

enfo

rcem

ent

ofju

dgm

ents

did

not

beco

me

avai

labl

eun

til

prin

ces

orm

agis

trat

essa

wth

ene

cess

ity,

for

poli

tica

lre

ason

san

din

the

inte

rest

ofpu

blic

orde

r,to

use

thei

rim

peri

umag

ains

tpe

rson

sin

terf

erin

gw

ith

the

enfo

rcem

ent

ofa

judg

men

tan

dto

thre

aten

such

pers

ons

with

lega

lsa

ncti

ons,

espe

cial

lyoutl

awry

.24

All

this

,ho

wev

er,

took

plac

ew

itho

utan

ydi

stin

ctio

nbe

twee

nci

vil

and

crim

inal

proc

eedi

ngs.

Inth

ose

lega

lsy

stem

sin

whi

chun

der

the

infl

uenc

eof

cert

ain

lega

lho

nora

tior

es22

ther

ere

mai

ned

som

eco

ntin

uity

with

the

As

toR

ome,

see

WE

NG

ER

8et

seq.

;as

toG

erm

anic

law

,se

eH

UE

BN

ER

,427,

477,

478.

Cf.

also

the

sour

cem

ater

ials

coll

ecte

din

ST

ON

EA

ND

SIM

PS

ON

,L

Aw

AN

DS

OC

IET

Y(1

948)

132

etse

q.,

284

€tse

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onor

atio

res

(Lat

.“t

hose

ofhi

gher

honor”

).In

Ger

man

the

wor

dH

onora

tior

enis

used

,of

ten

wit

ha

slig

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plic

atio

nof

frie

ndly

ridi

cule

,to

mea

nth

em

ore

resp

ecta

ble

citi

zens

ofa

tow

n.W

eber

uses

the

wor

das

ate

rmof

art,

whi

chhe

defi

nes

asap

plyi

ngto

pers

ons

havi

ngth

efo

llow

ing

char

acte

rist

ics:

“(x)

By

virt

ueof

thei

rec

onom

icsi

tuat

ion

they

are

able

ona

cont

inuo

usba

sis

tooc

cupy

posi

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sof

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auth

orit

yin

aco

rpor

ate

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pw

itho

utre

mun

erat

ion

orw

ith

are

mun

erat

ion

whi

chis

mer

ely

nom

inal

;an

d(2

)th

eyoc

cupy

apo

siti

onof

soci

alpr

esti

ge,

whi

chm

ayre

ston

any

one

ofm

any

diff

eren

tgr

ound

san

dw

hich

issu

chth

atin

afo

rmal

lyde

ni.o

crat

icpr

oces

sth

eyar

eli

kely

toen

joy

the

conf

iden

ceof

thei

rfe

llow

mem

bers

,so

that

they

will

hold

offi

cefi

rst

upon

the

basi

sof

free

choi

ce,

and

then

bytr

adit

ion.

”(W

.u.G

.,‘7

0)

Thi

sde

fini

tion

iscl

osel

yco

nnec

ted

wit

hth

ech

arac

teri

zati

onof

the

pecu

liar

situ

atio

nw

hich

exis

tsw

hen

auth

ori

tyis

exer

cise

dby

such

hono

rati

ores

asco

mpa

red

wit

hot

her

type

sof

auth

orit

y(T

HE

OR

Y,

Par

sons

’tr

.4x

3;se

eal

soW

.u.G

.óo

g,67

4,68

i,719).

As

defi

ned

inth

isw

ay,

Par

sons

isju

stif

ied

intr

ansl

atin

gho

nora

tior

esby

“am

ateu

rs.”

How

ever

,W

eber

does

not

cons

iste

ntly

adhe

reto

his

own

defi

niti

on.

Inth

epr

esen

tco

ntex

tW

eber

mea

nsby

“leg

alho

nora

tior

es”

(Rec

hish

onor

atio

ren)

,th

ose

clas

ses

ofpe

rson

sw

hoha

ve(i

)in

som

ew

aym

ade

the

occu

pati

onw

ith

lega

lpr

oble

ms

aki

ndof

spec

iali

zed

expe

rtkn

owle

dge,

and

(2)

enjo

yam

ong

thei

rgr

oup

such

apr

esti

geth

atth

eyar

eab

leto

impr

ess

som

epe

culi

arch

arac

teri

stic

sup

onth

ele

gal

syst

emof

thei

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spec

tive

anci

ent

form

sof

expi

ator

yju

stic

e,an

din

whi

chth

ere

was

ale

sser

degr

eeof

“bur

eauc

rati

zati

on,”

i.e.,

thos

eof

Rom

ean

dE

ngla

nd,

this

orig

inal

stat

eof

com

plet

eno

ndif

fere

ntia

tion

cont

inue

dto

show

itse

lfin

the

reje

ctio

nof

spec

ific

perf

orm

ance

for

the

rest

orat

ion

ofco

ncre

teob

ject

s.E

ven

inan

acti

onco

ncer

ning

titl

eto

land

,th

eju

dgm

ent

was

ordi

nari

lyre

nder

edin

term

sof

money

.2G

Thi

sw

asno

tdu

eat

all

toa

high

lyde

velo

ped

mar

ket

econ

omy

whi

chw

ould

eval

uate

ever

ythi

ngin

term

sof

mon

ey.

Rat

her

was

ita

cons

eque

nce

ofth

epr

imit

ive

prin

cipl

eth

atev

ery

wro

ng,

incl

udin

gth

ew

rong

ful

poss

essi

onof

prop

erty

,de

man

ded

sati

sfa

ctio

nan

dno

thin

gbu

tsa

tisf

acti

on,

and

that

this

liab

ilit

yat

tach

edto

the

culp

rit’

sow

npe

rson

.O

nth

eC

onti

nent

,sp

ecif

icpe

rfor

man

ceem

erge

dre

lati

vely

earl

yin

the

earl

yM

iddl

eA

ges,

owin

gto

the

rapi

dly

grow

ing

pow

erof

the

impe

rium

ofth

epri

nce

s.27

Eng

lish

proc

edur

e,on

the

othe

rha

nd,

even

dow

nto

rece

nttim

es,

had

tore

sort

tope

culi

arfi

ctio

nsin

orde

rto

intr

oduc

eth

epo

ssib

ilit

yof

spec

ific

perf

orm

ance

inac

tion

sco

nce

rnin

gre

alpro

per

ty?

InR

ome

the

pers

iste

nce

ofco

ndem

nati

onto

mon

eyda

mag

esin

stea

dof

spec

ific

perf

orm

ance

was

the

resu

ltof

the

gene

ral

tend

ency

toke

epof

fici

alac

tivi

ties

toa

min

imum

,w

hich

,in

turn

,w

asdu

eto

the

syst

emof

rule

byho

nora

tior

es.

.T

ort

and

Cri

me.

Sub

stan

tive

law

too

was

deep

lyin

flue

nced

byth

eno

tion

that

liti

gati

onim

plie

da

wro

ngco

mm

itte

dby

the

accu

sed

and

not

just

the

exis

tenc

eof

ast

ate

ofaf

fair

sob

ject

ivel

yre

gard

edas

unla

wfu

l.O

rigi

nall

y,al

l“o

blig

atio

ns”

wer

e,w

itho

utex

cept

ion,

obli

gati

ons

exde

lict

o;he

nce,

cont

ract

ual

oblig

atio

nsw

ere,

asw

esh

all

see,

29

atfi

rst

conc

eive

das

aris

ing

out

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rt.

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ngla

nd,

asla

teas

the

Mid

dle

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cont

ract

ual

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nw

asfo

rmal

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ted

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ha

fict

itio

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rt.

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etie

s.T

heco

ntex

tm

akes

itcl

ear,

how

ever

,th

atpe

rson

sof

this

kind

can

beho

nora

tiOre

Sev

enth

ough

they

rece

ive

am

ore

than

nom

inal

rem

uner

atio

nfo

rth

eir

acti

viti

es.

As

toth

ero

leof

lega

lho

nora

tiO

res

inge

nera

l,se

ein

fra

p.19

8€1

seq.

20

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toth

eR

oman

rule

that

omni

sco

ndem

nati

Oes

tpe

cuni

ari.a

,se

eW

E1’iG

ER243

etse

q.C

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LM

AN

NA

ND

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LA

R,6

6—68

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so,

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rigi

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eint

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EV

UE

TR

ME

ST

RIE

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DE

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Web

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mis

take

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hat

hem

ayha

veha

din

min

dar

eth

efi

ctio

nsre

sort

edto

inth

eac

tion

ofej

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ent;

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MA

ITL

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the

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the

‘F

orth

em

ilit

ary

puni

shm

ent

impo

sed

byth

eR

om

anco

mU

iace

ntur

iata

see

MA

INE

37

4—

38

2;

LOw

IE,

Om

uon

0’

TH

ES

TA

TE

(1927)

102—

108;

and

the

sam

eau

thor

’sP

RIM

ITIV

ES

OC

IET

Y(1

920)

385,

394—

396.

57or

igin

sof

the

proc

ess

byw

hich

defi

nite

rule

sbe

cam

ees

tabl

ishe

d.N

orsh

all

we

disc

uss,

atan

yra

teat

pres

ent,

whe

ther

the

hold

erof

impe

rium

impo

sed

them

onhi

mse

lfin

his

own

inte

rest

,or

whe

ther

heha

dto

doso

invi

ewof

the

fact

ual

limits

wit

hin

whi

chhe

wou

ldfi

ndob

edie

nce,

orw

heth

erth

eyw

ere

impo

sed

upon

him

byot

her

pow

ers.

All

thes

eques

tions

will

bede

alt

wit

hin

our

anal

ysis

ofdom

inat

ion.

48

Impe

rium

has

al

way

sin

clud

ed,

how

ever

—an

din

the

past

toan

even

grea

ter

exte

ntth

anto

day

—th

epo

wer

topu

nish

and,

inpa

rtic

ular

,th

epo

wer

tocr

ush

diso

bedi

ence

not

mer

ely

thro

ugh

the

dire

ctap

plic

atio

nof

forc

ebu

tth

roug

hth

eth

reat

ofde

trim

ent

asw

ell.

The

pow

erto

puni

shco

uld

bedi

rect

edag

ains

tce

rtai

nsu

bord

inat

e“o

ffic

ials

”w

hoex

erci

sed

impe

rium

orag

ains

tth

ose

who

wer

esu

bjec

ted

toit

spo

wer

.In

the

form

erca

se,

we

spea

kof

disc

ipli

nary

pow

er,

and

inth

ela

tter

,of

the

pow

erto

infl

ict

puni

shm

ent.

Inth

isco

ntex

t,“p

ubli

cla

w”

isdi

rect

lyco

nnec

ted

wit

hcr

imin

alla

w;

and

we

can

stat

e,at

any

rate

,th

atbo

thcr

imin

alla

wan

dcr

imin

alpr

oced

ure

dono

tbe

gin

tobe

syst

emat

ical

lytr

eate

dun

less

ther

ear

eat

leas

tso

me

rule

sw

hich

are

reco

gniz

edas

fact

uall

ybi

ndin

g.

7.L

imit

atio

nof

Pow

eran

dS

epar

atio

nof

Pow

ers.

Such

norm

sas

thos

eju

stm

enti

oned

alw

ays

act

asre

stra

ints

upon

the

impe

rium

wit

hin

the

sphe

rein

whi

chth

eyob

tain

.O

nth

eot

her

hand

,no

tev

ery

rest

rain

tpo

sses

ses

“nor

mat

ive”

char

acte

r.N

owth

ere

are

two

kind

sof

rest

rain

ts,

viz.

,(r

)li

mit

atio

nsof

pow

er,

and

(2)

sepa

rati

onof

pow

ers.

Lim

itat

ion

ofpo

wer

exis

tsw

here

,du

eto

sacr

edtr

adit

ion

oren

actm

ent,

apa

rtic

ular

impe

rium

isre

stra

ined

byth

eri

ghts

ofit

ssu

bjec

ts.

The

pow

er-h

olde

rm

ayis

sue

only

com

man

dsof

ace

rtai

nty

pe,

orhe

may

issu

eal

lso

rts

ofco

mm

ands

exce

ptin

cert

ain

case

sor

subj

ect

toce

rtai

nco

nditi

ons.

Whe

ther

thes

eli

mit

atio

nspo

sses

s“l

egal

,”“c

onve

ntio

nal,”

orm

erel

y“c

usto

mar

y”st

atus

,is

tobe

answ

ered

inea

chca

seby

asce

rtai

ning

whe

ther

the

mai

nten

ance

ofth

eli

mit

atio

nsis

guar

ante

edby

aco

erci

veor

gani

zati

on(w

hose

coer

cive

mea

nsm

aybe

mor

eor

less

effe

ctiv

e)or

whe

ther

they

are

mai

ntai

ned

only

byco

nven

tion

aldi

sapp

rova

lor

whe

ther

inth

ela

stan

alys

isth

ere

isno

agre

edli

mit

atio

nat

all.

The

othe

rki

ndof

rest

rain

t(“

sepa

rati

onof

pow

ers”

)ex

ists

whe

reon

eim

peri

umco

nflic

tsw

ithan

othe

rim

peri

um,

eith

ereq

ual

orin

cert

ain

resp

ects

supe

rior

toit,

but

the

legi

tim

ate

vali

dity

ofw

hich

isfu

lly

reco

gniz

edas

lim

itin

gth

eex

tent

ofits

auth

orit

y.B

oth

lim

itat

ion

ofpo

wer

and

sepa

rati

onof

pow

ers

may

exis

tto

geth

er,

and

itis

this

coex

iste

nce

whi

chso

dist

inct

ivel

ych

arac

teri

zes

the

moder

nst

ate

wit

hits

dis

trib

uti

on

ofco

mpet

ence

among

its

var

ious

orga

ns.

Indee

d,

this

moder

nst

ate

ises

senti

ally

char

acte

rize

dby

‘8lnjr

ac.

XII

.

Page 32: Max Weber on Law in Economy and Society

I

58L

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

Yth

efo

llow

ing

crit

eria

:It

isa

cons

ocia

tion

ofbe

arer

sof

cert

ain

defi

ned

impe

ria;

thes

ebe

arer

sar

ese

lect

edac

cord

ing

toes

tabl

ishe

dru

les;

thei

rim

peri

aar

ede

lim

itat

edfr

omea

chot

her

byge

nera

lru

les

ofse

par

atio

nof

pow

ers;

and

inte

rnal

lyea

chof

them

find

sth

ele

giti

mac

yof

its

pow

erof

com

man

dde

fine

dby

set

rule

sof

lim

itat

ion

ofpo

wer

.B

oth

sepa

rati

onof

pow

ers

and

lim

itat

ion

ofpo

wer

may

assu

me

stru

ctu

ral

form

squ

ite

diff

eren

tfr

omth

ose

inw

hich

they

appe

arin

the

mod

ern

stat

e.E

spec

iall

yis

this

true

ofth

ese

para

tion

ofpo

wer

s.It

sst

ruct

ure

was

diff

eren

tin

the

anci

ent

Rom

anla

wof

inte

rces

sion

ofpa

rm

ajor

vepote

stas

49

asw

ell

asin

the

patr

imon

ial,

the

corp

orat

e,an

dth

efe

udal

type

sof

stat

eorg

aniz

atio

n.

50

Non

ethe

less

,th

ere

istr

uth

inM

onte

squi

eu’s

asse

rtio

nth

atit

was

only

thro

ugh

the

sepa

rati

onof

pow

ers

that

the

very

conc

ept

ofpu

blic

law

was

mad

eposs

ible

.5’

But

this

prop

osit

ion

mus

tbe

unde

rsto

odco

rrec

tly

inth

ese

nse

that

the

sepa

rati

onof

pow

ers

need

not

nece

ssar

ily

beof

the

sort

that

heth

ough

the

had

foun

din

Eng

land

.O

nth

eot

her

hand

,no

tev

ery

kind

ofse

para

tion

ofpo

wer

sle

ads

toth

eid

eaof

apu

blic

law

,bu

ton

lyth

atty

pew

hich

ispe

culi

arto

the

idea

ofth

est

ate

asa

rati

onal

lyor

gani

zed

inst

itut

ion.

The

reas

onw

hya

syst

emat

icth

eory

ofpu

blic

law

was

deve

lope

don

lyin

Wes

tern

coun

trie

sis

sim

ply

that

only

inth

ese

coun

trie

sha

dth

epo

liti

cal

orga

niza

tion

assu

med

the

form

ofan

inst

itut

ion

wit

hra

tion

ally

dove

tail

edju

risd

icti

ons

and

ase

para

tion

ofpo

wer

s.A

sfa

ras

anti

quit

yis

conc

erne

d,it

had

asy

stem

atic

theo

ryof

the

stat

epr

ecis

ely

toth

eex

tent

that

ther

eex

iste

da

rati

onal

sepa

rati

onof

pow

ers:

the

doct

rine

ofth

eim

peri

aof

the

seve

ral

Rom

anm

agis

trat

esw

asel

abor

ated

ina

syst

emat

icm

anner

.12

Eve

ryth

ing

else

was

esse

ntia

lly

poli

tica

lph

ilos

ophy

rath

erth

anco

nsti

tuti

onal

law

.In

the

Mid

dle

Age

s,se

para

tion

ofpo

wer

sap

pear

edon

lyin

the

com

peti

tion

amon

gpr

ivile

ges,

feud

alcl

aim

s,an

dot

her

righ

ts;

cons

eque

ntly

.th

ere

was

nose

para

tetr

eatm

ent

ofco

nsti

tuti

onal

law

.W

hate

ver

ther

ew

asof

itw

asco

ntai

ned

infe

udal

and

man

oria

lla

w.

The

deci

sive

lega

lco

ncep

tions

ofm

oder

npu

blic

law

owe

thei

ror

igin

toa

pecu

liar

com

bina

tion

ofse

vera

lfa

ctor

s.A

sa

mat

ter

ofhi

stor

ical

fact

,th

eyow

eit

toth

era

tion

alfo

rmal

cons

ocia

tion

ofpr

ivil

eged

pers

ons

inpu

blic

corp

orat

ions

ofth

eA

nof

fici

alof

equa

lor

high

erpo

wer

(par

mai

orve

pale

stas

)co

uld,

thro

ugh

his

“ste

ppin

gin

”(i

nter

cess

ia),

Sto

pth

eac

tivi

ties

ofot

her

offi

cial

s;cf

.M

OM

MS

EN

22;

L.

HO

MO

,R

OM

AN

PO

LIT

ICA

LIN

ST

ITU

TIo

NS

(2929)

29.

45,

221—

223;

JoL

oW

!cz

H,

43,

45,

47,

337;

cf.

also

W.u

.G.

567;

Web

er.

Die

Sta

dt

(7A

RC

Hly

1tR

SO

ZIA

LW

ISS

.vze

nS

OZ

IAL

PO

LIT

IK,

1920/2

1)

712.

‘°W

.u.G

.P

art

III,

cc.

VI

and

VII

.51

MO

NT

ES

QU

IEU

,SP

IRIT

or

TH

ELA

WS

(Nug

ent

tran

sl.

1949

)551.

‘Cf.

HO

MO

,op

.ci

t.,su

bti

t.“i

mpe

rium

”(i

ndex

),es

p.pp

.206—

235;

1M

orr

SEN

76—

igz

;W

.H

EIT

LA

NO

,R

OM

AN

RE

PU

BL

IC(1

909)

vol.

I,su

bli

t.“im

peri

um

.”

FIE

LD

SO

FS

UB

ST

AN

TIV

EL

AW

59co

rpor

ativ

est

ate

whi

chin

crea

sing

lyco

mbi

ned

both

sepa

rati

onan

dli

mit

atio

nof

pow

ers

wit

hin

stit

utio

nal

stru

ctur

e.A

sa

mat

ter

ofle

gal

theo

ry,

they

owe

itto

the

Rom

anco

ncep

tof

the

corp

orat

ion,

the

idea

sof

natu

ral

law

,an

d,fi

nally

,F

renc

hle

gal

theo

ry.

We

shal

lde

alw

ith

this

deve

lopm

ent

ofm

oder

npu

blic

law

inou

rch

apte

ron

auth

ori

ty.

53

Inth

efo

llow

ing

sect

ions

we

shal

lde

alm

ainl

yw

ith

law

mak

ing

and

law

find

ing,

but

only

inco

nnec

tion

wit

hth

ose

econ

omic

ally

rele

vant

sphe

res

whi

chto

day

are

left

topr

ivat

ela

wan

dci

vil p

roce

dure

.

8.S

ubst

anti

veL

awan

dP

roce

dure

.A

ccor

ding

toou

rco

ntem

pora

rym

odes

ofle

gal

thou

ght,

the

acti

viti

esof

poli

tica

lor

gani

zati

ons

fall,

asre

gard

s“l

aw,”

into

two

cate

gori

es,

viz.

,la

wm

akin

gan

dla

wfi

ndin

g,th

ela

tter

invo

lvin

g“e

xecu

tion

”as

ate

chni

cal

mat

ter.

Tod

ayw

eun

ders

tand

byla

wm

akin

gth

ees

tabl

ishm

ent

ofge

nera

lno

rms

whi

chin

the

law

yers

’th

ough

tas

sum

eth

ech

arac

ter

ofra

tion

alru

les

ofla

w.

Law

find

ing,

asw

eun

ders

tand

it,is

the

“app

lica

tion

”of

such

esta

blis

hed

norm

san

dth

ele

gal

prop

osit

ions

dedu

ced

ther

efro

mby

lega

lth

inki

ng,

toco

ncre

te“f

acts

”w

hich

are

“sub

sum

ed”

unde

rth

ese

norm

s.H

owev

er,

this

mod

eof

thou

ght

has

byno

mea

nsbe

enco

mm

onto

all

peri

ods

ofhi

stor

y.T

hedi

stin

ctio

nbe

twee

nla

wm

akin

gas

crea

tion

ofge

nera

lno

rms

and

law

-fi

ndin

gas

appl

icat

ion

ofth

ese

norm

sto

part

icul

arca

ses

does

not

exis

tw

here

adju

dica

tion

is“a

dmin

istr

atio

n”in

the

sens

eof

free

deci

sion

from

case

toca

se.

Insu

cha

situ

atio

n,it

isno

ton

lyth

ele

gal

norm

that

isla

ckin

g,bu

tal

soth

eid

eaof

apa

rty’

sri

ght

toha

veit

appl

ied

tohi

sca

se.

The

sam

eis

true

whe

rela

wap

pear

sas

“pri

vil

ege”

54

and

whe

re,

acco

rdin

gly,

the

idea

ofan

“app

lica

tion

”of

lega

lno

rms

asth

efo

unda

tion

ofa

lega

lcl

aim

coul

dno

tha

vear

isen

.A

gain

,th

edi

stin

ctio

nbe

twee

nla

wm

akin

gan

dla

wfi

ndin

gis

abse

ntw

here

ver,

but

only

toth

eex

tent

that

,la

wfi

ndin

gis

not

conc

eive

das

anap

plic

atio

nof

gene

ral

norm

sto

conc

rete

case

s.In

othe

rw

ords

,th

edi

stin

ctio

nis

abse

ntin

all

case

sof

irra

tion

alad

judic

atio

n,w

hich

has

been

not

only

the

prim

itiv

efo

rmof

adju

dica

tion

but

whi

ch,

asw

esh

allse

e,

55

has

also

prev

aile

d,ei

ther

inits

pure

orin

som

em

odif

ied

form

, thr

ough

out a

llhi

stor

yin

allp

arts

ofth

ew

orld

exce

ptth

ose

inw

hich

Rom

anla

wca

me

toob

tain

.Si

mila

rly,

the

dist

inct

ion

betw

een

rule

sof

law

tobe

appl

ied

inth

epr

oces

sof

law

find

ing,

and

rule

sre

gar

din

gth

atpr

oces

sits

elf,

has

not

alw

ays

been

draw

nas

clea

rly

asth

atw

hich

isdr

awn

toda

ybe

twee

nsu

bsta

ntiv

ean

dpr

oced

ural

law

.W

here

lega

lpr

oced

ure

rest

edup

onth

eim

peri

um’s

infl

uenc

eup

onth

epl

eadi

ngs,

as,

W.u

.G.,

Par

tII

I,c.

VI.

‘Se

ein

fra,

p.267.

Infr

a,C

.V

.

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6oL

AW

INE

CO

NO

MY

AN

DS

OC

IET

Yfo

rin

stan

ce,

inea

rly

Rom

anla

w,

or,

ina

tech

nica

lly

quit

edi

ffer

ent

way

,in

Eng

lish

law

,it

isea

syto

hold

the

noti

onth

atsu

bsta

ntiv

ele

gal

clai

ms

are

iden

tica

lw

ith

the

righ

tto

mak

eus

eof

proc

edur

alfo

rms

ofac

tion

such

asth

eR

oman

acti

o5°

orth

eE

nglis

hw

rit.

57

Inol

der

Rom

anle

gal

doct

rine

the

line

ofde

mar

cati

onbe

twee

npr

oced

ural

and

priv

ate

law

was

thus

not

draw

nin

the

way

itis

draw

nby

us.

For

quit

edi

ffer

ent

reas

ons,

asi

mil

arm

ixtu

reof

prob

lem

sw

hich

we

wou

ldre

spec

tive

lyca

llpro

cedu

ral

and

subs

tant

ive

was

apt

toar

ise

whe

read

judi

cati

onw

asba

sed

onir

rati

onal

mod

esof

proo

f,su

chas

the

oath

orw

ager

ofla

win

thei

ror

igin

alm

agic

alsi

gnif

ican

ce,

orup

onor

deal

s.T

heri

ght

ordu

tyto

reso

rt,

orsu

bmit

,to

such

sign

ific

ant

acts

ofm

agic

was

then

aco

mpo

nent

ofa

subs

tant

ive

lega

lcl

aim

orev

enid

enti

cal

with

it.N

ever

thel

ess,

the

dis

tinc

tion

betw

een

rule

sof

proc

edur

alan

dof

subs

tant

ive

law

was

inhe

rent

inth

edi

stin

ctio

nm

ade

inth

eM

iddl

eA

ges

betw

een

Ric

hist

eige

,on

the

one

hand

,an

d“m

irro

rsof

law

,”58

onth

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her.

Thi

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ctio

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anth

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hw

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oman

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rts

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stem

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atio

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5°al

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eren

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274;

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it.

RE

CH

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BU

CH

(Spi

egel

,“M

irro

rof

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aha

ndbo

okof

law

,es

peci

ally

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bsta

ntiv

ela

w.

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tobo

th,

see

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OB

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86

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’IN

ST

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the

thre

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ofP

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ns,

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ngs,

and

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ions

,w

hich

was

trad

itio

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til

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eigh

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pter

IV

CA

TE

GO

RIE

SO

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EG

AL

TH

OU

GH

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As

we

have

alre

ady

poin

ted

out,

the

mod

ein

whi

chth

ecu

rren

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sic

conc

eptio

nsof

the

vari

ous

fiel

dsof

law

have

been

diff

eren

tiat

edfr

omea

chot

her

has

depe

nded

larg

ely

upon

fact

ors

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gal

tech

niqu

ean

dof

poli

tica

lor

gani

zati

on.

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nom

icfa

ctor

sca

nth

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ore

besa

idto

have

had

anin

dire

ctin

flue

nce

only

.T

obe

sure

,ec

onom

icin

flue

nces

have

play

edth

eir

part

,bu

ton

lyto

this

exte

nt:

that

cert

ain

rati

onal

izat

ions

ofec

onom

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havi

or,

base

dup

onsu

chph

enom

ena

asa

mar

ket

econ

omy

orfr

eedo

mof

cont

ract

,an

dth

ere

sult

ing

awar

enes

sof

unde

rlyi

ng,

and

incr

easi

ngly

com

plex

conf

licts

ofin

tere

sts

tobe

reso

lved

byle

gal

mac

hine

ry,

have

infl

uenc

edth

esy

stem

atiz

atio

nof

the

law

orha

vein

tens

ifie

dth

ein

stit

utio

nali

zati

onof

poli

tica

lso

ciet

y.W

esh

all

have

occa

sion

toob

serv

eth

istim

ean

dag

ain.

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othe

rpu

rely

econ

omic

infl

uenc

esm

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yoc

cur

asco

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tein

stan

ces

and

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otbe

form

ulat

edin

gene

ral

rule

s.O

nth

eot

her

hand

,w

esh

all

freq

uent

lyse

eth

atth

ose

aspe

cts

ofla

ww

hich

are

cond

itio

ned

bypo

liti

cal

fact

ors

and

byth

ein

tern

alst

ruct

ure

ofle

gal

thou

ght

have

exer

cise

da

stro

ngin

flue

nce

onec

onom

icor

gani

zati

on.

Inth

efo

llow

ing

para

grap

hs,

we

shal

lde

albr

iefl

yw

ith

the

mos

tim

port

ant

cond

itio

nsby

whi

chth

efo

rmal

char

acte

rist

ics

ofla

w,

i.e.,

law

mak

ing

and

law

find

ing,

have

been

infl

uenc

ed. W

esh

all

bees

peci

ally

inte

rest

edin

obse

rvin

gth

eex

tent

and

the

natu

reof

the

rati

on

alit

yof

the

law

and,

quit

epa

rtic

ular

ly,

ofth

atbr

anch

ofit

whi

chis

rele

vant

toec

onom

iclif

e,vi

z., p

riva

tela

w.

Abo

dyof

law

can

be“r

atio

nal”

inse

vera

ldi

ffer

ent

sens

es,

depe

ndin

gon

whi

chof

seve

ral

poss

ible

cour

ses

lega

lth

inki

ngta

kes

tow

ard

rati

on

aliz

atio

n.L

etus

begi

nw

ithth

eap

pare

ntly

mos

tel

emen

tary

thou

ght

proc

ess,

viz.

,ge

nera

liza

tion

,i.e

.,in

our

case

,th

ere

duct

ion

ofth

ere

ason

sre

leva

ntin

the

deci

sion

ofco

ncre

tein

divi

dual

case

sto

one

orm

ore

“pri

nci

ples

,”i.e

.,le

gal

prop

osit

ions

.T

his

proc

ess

ofre

duct

ion

isno

rmal

lyco

ndit

iona

lup

ona

prio

ror

conc

urre

ntan

alys

isof

the

fact

sof

the

case

asto

thos

eul

tim

ate

com

pone

nts

whi

char

ere

gard

edas

rele

vant

inth

eju

rist

icva

luat

ion.

Con

vers

ely,

the

elab

orat

ion

ofev

erm

ore

com

preh

ensi

ve“l

egal

prop

osit

ions

”re

acts

upon

the

spec

ific

atio

nan

dde

lim

itat

ion

ofth

epo

tent

iall

yre

leva

ntch

arac

teri

stic

sof

the

fact

s.T

hepr

oces

sbo

th‘W

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.39

5—39

7.


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