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Comment – Durkheim and Legal Evolution: Some Problems of Disproof, 1974

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Identifier: UB-005-01-01-17

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.

Dates

  • Publication: 1974

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From the Collection: 250 Megabytes

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Upendra Baxi discusses a debate over Durkheim's theory that societies with complex divisions of labor rely on restitutive rather than repressive sanctions. It notes that Schwartz and Miller's study questioned this claim but was later mistakenly treated as a full "refutation." Baxi's piece aims to show their findings don't actually invalidate Durkheim's thesis. Published in Law & Society Review , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , Summer 1974 , pp. 645 - 651

Repository Details

Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository

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