Social Control Through Law
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Social Control Through Law is a seminal legal theory book by Roscoe Pound that explores how law functions as a tool for regulating behavior and maintaining social order.
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| Social Control Through Law canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3761009 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Social Control Through Law Context triple: [Roscoe Pound, notableWork, Social Control Through Law]
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A.
Varieties of Police Behavior
Varieties of Police Behavior is a seminal work of criminology and public administration that analyzes how different organizational styles shape the everyday practices and decision-making of American police departments.
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B.
The Growth of the Law
The Growth of the Law is a seminal legal treatise by Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores how judicial decision-making and evolving social needs shape the development of common law.
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C.
The Economics of Justice
The Economics of Justice is a seminal book by Richard Posner that applies economic analysis to legal principles and the concept of justice.
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D.
The Paradoxes of Legal Science
The Paradoxes of Legal Science is a 1928 jurisprudential treatise by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores the philosophical tensions and logical contradictions within legal reasoning and doctrine.
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E.
Between Facts and Norms
Between Facts and Norms is a major work of political and legal philosophy by Jürgen Habermas that develops a theory of deliberative democracy and the legitimacy of law through communicative rationality.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Social Control Through Law Target entity description: Social Control Through Law is a seminal legal theory book by Roscoe Pound that explores how law functions as a tool for regulating behavior and maintaining social order.
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A.
Varieties of Police Behavior
Varieties of Police Behavior is a seminal work of criminology and public administration that analyzes how different organizational styles shape the everyday practices and decision-making of American police departments.
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B.
The Growth of the Law
The Growth of the Law is a seminal legal treatise by Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores how judicial decision-making and evolving social needs shape the development of common law.
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C.
The Economics of Justice
The Economics of Justice is a seminal book by Richard Posner that applies economic analysis to legal principles and the concept of justice.
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D.
The Paradoxes of Legal Science
The Paradoxes of Legal Science is a 1928 jurisprudential treatise by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo that explores the philosophical tensions and logical contradictions within legal reasoning and doctrine.
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E.
Between Facts and Norms
Between Facts and Norms is a major work of political and legal philosophy by Jürgen Habermas that develops a theory of deliberative democracy and the legitimacy of law through communicative rationality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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legal theory book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
analyze the effectiveness of legal sanctions
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distinguish legal control from other forms of social control ⓘ explain how law maintains social order ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American legal realism
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linked to:
legal realism
progressive era legal thought ⓘ |
| author | Roscoe Pound ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of sociological jurisprudence
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theory of law as social control ⓘ |
| describes |
interaction between legal norms and social norms
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law as a means of regulating behavior ⓘ law as an instrument of social control ⓘ |
| field |
jurisprudence
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sociology ⓘ sociology of law ⓘ |
| genre |
legal theory
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sociology of law ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Roscoe Pound as leading figure in sociological jurisprudence ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
individual interests
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interests balancing ⓘ legal order ⓘ legal sanctions vs. moral sanctions ⓘ public interests ⓘ social engineering ⓘ social interests ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | sociological approach to law ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Roscoe Pound's theory of social engineering
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sociological jurisprudence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
formal social control
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informal social control ⓘ law as a tool of social engineering ⓘ legal institutions ⓘ legal sanctions ⓘ relationship between law and morality ⓘ role of law in society ⓘ social control ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on 20th-century legal thought
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systematic analysis of law as a mechanism of social control ⓘ |
| usedIn |
jurisprudence courses
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legal theory courses ⓘ sociology of law courses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Social Control Through Law Description of subject: Social Control Through Law is a seminal legal theory book by Roscoe Pound that explores how law functions as a tool for regulating behavior and maintaining social order.
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