ABSTRACT
Society changes and develops over time. The legal system, which is designed to reflect and adjust to the social relations, also changes accordingly. The Berkley School's sense of urgency qualifies their attention to the effects of the legal systems and their concern for the people and society. However, their ideas are opposed to the ones advocated by Talcott Parsons' "social system theory" and Donald J. Black's "behavior of law". It should be noted that the three types of law (repressive law, autonomous law, and responsive law) are regarded as a framework, instituted by the ideal typus, to analyze and determine the various legal phenomena within a society rather than the lessons learned from historical developments. The principal reform for the reflective law is not to transform the original purpose of a legal system, but to improve the structural connection between legal system and society, presenting more alternatives for legal systems.
