Essential Nature of Law or the Ethical Basis of Jurisprudence

Pattee, William S.

ISBN 10: 0837710111 / ISBN 13: 9780837710112

Published by Fred B Rothman & Co, 1982

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1909. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. Laws Relative To Personal Beings, Continued.--Society, Sociological Laws. In the last two chapters we have seen how the individual is subject to the laws of thought;.to the laws of association; to moral and spiritual law, and to a phenomenal order that prevails throughout the universe; and now, we wish to enquire whether Human Society--the entire aggregation of individuals--is also subject to invariable and uniform laws, and if so whether those laws, or some of them, have been discovered and reliably formulated so that there may properly be said to exist at the present time a Science of Sociology. Is human society subject to law in its primary meaning, as we have seen physical nature to be, and have social affairs also such a fixed order of sequence as we have found to prevail throughout the realm of matter? If there is such a phenomenal and definite order of sequence, if the movements of society, the successive stages to civilization, have all taken place conformably to certain uniform laws, then this order and these laws are, of course, the subject of scientific investigation, and to discover and formulate them is to found the Science of Sociology. That human society has progressed from simplicity to an almost incomprehensible complexity there can be no question. In language, in government, in music, in art, and every other line of social development, progress has been from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous, and that this progress has taken place conformably to law, rather than by chance, is also generally admitted. But the disputed question relative to human progress has been whether the law of causation reigns supreme and universal throughout the realm of social phenomena. Are human choices necessitated, so that they must be what they are? Are ...

Bibliographic Details

Title: Essential Nature of Law or the Ethical Basis...
Publisher: Fred B Rothman & Co
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Good