In:
Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 1, No. 2 ( 1980-11-1), p. 141-164
Abstract:
Starting from the theory of social norms and a conflict perspective about the sanctioning process, the author develops the hypothesis of the “dominance of legal norms”. As a consequence of the state monopoly for the use of physical force, the dominance of legal norms guarantees that the extreme dangerousness of the sanctioning process is reduced and thus law is a safeguard of the normative system. The fundamental mechanisms that constitute the dominance of legal norms are relief and subjugation. On the one hand we are relieved from the difficult and dangerous task of sanctioning, on the other hand we become powerless, restricted in the ways we are allowed to choose in order to sanction the normbreaker. Integrating Max Weber’s concept of rationalization it is argued and exemplified that the hypothesis of the dominance of legal norms is a valid proposition to develop a theory of social control, deviance and deviant behavior within a sociology of law.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2366-0392
,
0174-0202
DOI:
10.1515/zfrs-1980-0201
Language:
English
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication Date:
1980
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2491703-5
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2441485-2
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704258-9
SSG:
2
SSG:
2,1
SSG:
3,4
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