1. Law & Society Chapter 2-Theoretical Perspectives

2. Evolution of Legal Systems  Formal codified law emerges when the social structure of a given society becomes so complex that regulatory mechanisms and methods of dispute settlement can no longer be dependent of informal customs and social, religious or moral sanctions

3. Developmental Models  Precedent in other areas of inquiry  Inherent problems with developmental models: hierarchy

4. Legal Systems  Primitive Legal Systems  Transitional Legal Systems

5. Modern Legal Systems

6. Theories of Law and Society  European Pioneers -Baron de Montesquieu -Herbert Spencer -Sir Henry Sumner Maine

7. Theories of Law and Society *Classical Theorists -Karl Marx -Max Weber -Emilie Durkheim

8. Theories of Law and Society  Sociolegal Theorists -Albert Venn Dicey -Oliver Wendell Holmes -Edward Adamson Hoebel

9. Theories of Law and Society *Contemporary Theorists -Donald Black -Roberto Unger