ABSTRACT
Legislation intended to promote the family as a social institution has been common. There is a policy against actions by members of the family against each other. Although the law is becoming much relaxed, the social interest is weighed heavily against the individual claims of married persons in most divorce legislation. The chapter discusses the general theory of interests, the classification of interests, and the details of individual interests in other places. It is enough to say that the classification into individual interests, public interests, and social interests was suggested by Jhering. Social interests are claims or demands or desires involved in social life in civilized society and asserted in title of that life. As to recognition of the social interest in the security of acquisitions, note the insistence of the courts upon stare decisis where rules of property are involved. The social interest in economic progress has long been recognized in law and has been secured in many ways.
