Journal of Conflict Resolution the Role of Sanction in Conflict Resolution the Role of Sanction in Conflict Resolution

A contextual approach to the study of sanction maps an important connection between the behavioral sciences and jurisprudence .I Modem jurisprudence is open to the scientific study of every phase of law in society. The problems may be conceived from the point of view of a contemplative spectator of events or of an imaginative manipulator who thinks in terms of postulated goals.2 Although the present discussion will not employ mathematical notation, the categories are defined with the formation of mathematical models in mind, and with an eye to the choice of operational indices that point toward workable programs of investigation. It will be evident from the analysis of the sanctioning process that conflicts-demands in a social context that are at least initially perceived as opposed-imply prescriptive norms, and that sanctioning patterns are among the norms involved in the eventual resolution of any conflict.