NCJ Number
18050
Date Published
1971
Length
207 pages
Annotation
ARGUES FOR AN EMPHASIS ON LAW AND CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT ADMIT THE EXISTENCE OF DISORDER IN INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL FORMS UNDER THE INEVITABLE DYNAMIC OF SOCIAL PROCESS.
Abstract
THE SOCIAL PROCESS THAT ENDS IN FORMALISM AND INSTITUTIONAL RIGIDITY IS EXAMINED. AN OPEN-ENDED PROCESS THAT CURTAILS THE POWER OF INSTITUTIONS AND INTEREST GROUPS THROUGH LAWS THAT DEFINE AND PRESERVE CIVIL LIBERTIES IS URGED. IT IS HELD THAT SUCH A SYSTEM WILL ACCEPT DISORDER AND THE DIMINISHMENT OF DECADENT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AS A REAL ASPECT OF SOCIAL CHANGE THAT EXPRESSES WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT FOR THEIR LIVES. THE DYNAMICS OF LIFE IN UNIVERSITIES IS EXAMINED AS THEY ARE VIEWED AS THE PRINCIPAL INSTITUTIONS FOR GIVING RATIONALITY FOR CHANGE AND DISORDER. LAW IS VIEWED AS A PRINCIPLE OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT MORE CAPABLE THAN ANY OTHER PRINCIPLE FOR DEALING WITH DISORDER WITHOUT MANAGING IT, COOPTING IT, OR SUPPRESSING IT.