ABSTRACT
The fundamental basis of any government, legal or illegal, is a code of conduct. Governmental structure is always closely associated with the code of behavior which its members are expected to follow. The legislative and judicial processes of government are concerned with the specification and the enforcement of this code, whether or not it is clearly set down in rules precise enough to be called "law." A behavioral code, such as the Ten Commandments, becomes "law" only when it is officially adopted by a state, a political organization. The presence of an enforcer position in a division of labor also can be taken as evidence that members of the organization have created some functional equivalent of the criminal law, from which all government officials derive their authority and power. The presence of an enforcer position in a division of labor also signals the fact that punishments are to be imposed "justly," in a disinterested manner.
