Social Change and Primitive Law

From Social Law to Labor Law: The Change in Japanese Legal Theory in Connection with Social Law (Shakai-ho)

Law, Social Responsibility, and Outsourcing

Previous research into enforcement of law and corporate social responsibility mostly assumes that the vertical structure of the entities causing harm is exogenous. By outsourcing, the source of harm may avoid some liability and responsibility, while losing direct control over the evasive actions that cause harm. Here, we analyze the trade off between avoidance of liability and control over evas...

An Evolutionary Contractarian View of Primitive Law: The Institutions and Incentives Arising Under Customary Indian Law

The European conquest and absorption of native American Indian groups obviously produced tremendous changes in the way Indians live and interact with one another. One very important source of change in Indian life was the changes in the rules and institutions of Indian law. Few Indian groups had any sort of strong central legal authority before Europeans began to exert various types of influenc...

Communities and Social Change

UNDER the Chairmanship of Mr. Kenneth Robinson, M.P., a whole session of the Fifth British National Conference on Social Welfare?held in London at the beginning of January 1964?was devoted to consideration of "Community Care". The groups selected as needing such care were "The Mentally Disordered"; "The Physically Handicapped"; "The Delinquent"; and "Children out of their own homes". (Preparato...

Health and social change