CLASS- LL.M. IIND SEMESTER
SUBJECT: LAW AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
TOPIC: LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Law not only lays down the norms which are acceptable to a given society, it also
lays down the norms, which the society should adopt in the interest of its own
welfare. The rules or code of conduct which a society develops by experience
shapes into law for the sake of uniformity, consistency, performance and sanction.
An acceptable norm thus becomes a law.
DEFINITIONS OF LAW:
B.N. Cardozo says "Law is a principle or rule of conduct so established as to
justify a prediction with reasonable certainty that it will be enforced by the Courts
if its authority is challenged."
Max Weber- feels that "Law is an order, the validity of which is guaranteed by the
probability that deviation will be met by physical or psychic sanction by a staff
specially empowered to carryout this Sanction"
According to Roscoe Pound, "Law is an authoritative canon of value laid down
by the force of politically organised society."
Austin defined law as "the Command of sovereign, having sanction behind it.
, WHAT IS CHANGE?
CHANGE
a difference in anything observed over some period of time.
Change is the rule of society. Society forms its own code of conduct, its norms to
be followed by its members and at times and at many times expects wholehearted
compliance and submission to societal norms as set by the society or its various
groups or sub-groups.
DEFINITIONS OF SOCIAL CHANGE:
Lundberg and others "Social Change refers to any modification in established
patterns of inter-human relationship and standards of conduct.
Vidya Bhushan and D.R. Sachdeva observed, "Change is the law of nature what
is to-day shall be different from what it would be tomorrow. The social structure is
subject to incessant change … Society is an ever changing phenomenon, growing,
decaying, renewing and accommodating itself to changing conditions and suffering
vast modifications in the course of time.
According to Mazumdar, H.T.- "Social change may be defined as a new fashion
or mode, either modifying or replacing the old, in the life of a people, or in the
operation of a Society.
According to Davis, "Social change is meant only for such alterations as occur in
social Organisation, that is, structure and functions of Society."
SUBJECT: LAW AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
TOPIC: LAW AS AN INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Law not only lays down the norms which are acceptable to a given society, it also
lays down the norms, which the society should adopt in the interest of its own
welfare. The rules or code of conduct which a society develops by experience
shapes into law for the sake of uniformity, consistency, performance and sanction.
An acceptable norm thus becomes a law.
DEFINITIONS OF LAW:
B.N. Cardozo says "Law is a principle or rule of conduct so established as to
justify a prediction with reasonable certainty that it will be enforced by the Courts
if its authority is challenged."
Max Weber- feels that "Law is an order, the validity of which is guaranteed by the
probability that deviation will be met by physical or psychic sanction by a staff
specially empowered to carryout this Sanction"
According to Roscoe Pound, "Law is an authoritative canon of value laid down
by the force of politically organised society."
Austin defined law as "the Command of sovereign, having sanction behind it.
, WHAT IS CHANGE?
CHANGE
a difference in anything observed over some period of time.
Change is the rule of society. Society forms its own code of conduct, its norms to
be followed by its members and at times and at many times expects wholehearted
compliance and submission to societal norms as set by the society or its various
groups or sub-groups.
DEFINITIONS OF SOCIAL CHANGE:
Lundberg and others "Social Change refers to any modification in established
patterns of inter-human relationship and standards of conduct.
Vidya Bhushan and D.R. Sachdeva observed, "Change is the law of nature what
is to-day shall be different from what it would be tomorrow. The social structure is
subject to incessant change … Society is an ever changing phenomenon, growing,
decaying, renewing and accommodating itself to changing conditions and suffering
vast modifications in the course of time.
According to Mazumdar, H.T.- "Social change may be defined as a new fashion
or mode, either modifying or replacing the old, in the life of a people, or in the
operation of a Society.
According to Davis, "Social change is meant only for such alterations as occur in
social Organisation, that is, structure and functions of Society."
