ABSTRACT
Reprinted by permission of the University of Chicago Press from American Journal of Sociology, 70 (September 1964): 159–69. Richard D. Schwartz is Dean of the Law School, State University of New York at Buffalo. Prior to that he was Professor of Sociology and Law, Northwestern University, where he also directed that university’s Council for Inter-societal Studies. His principal research interest is the sociology of law. He has done field work in Israel and India on the origins and functioning of law and is currently engaged in an experimental study of tax-law enforcement. He is co-author of Criminal Law and Unobtrusive Measures. James C. Miller is Assistant Professor of Psychology, Yale University; he also holds a law degree. One of his major interests is the study of legal topics by means of social science research, particularly in sociolegal process and decision-making. He is coauthor, with Myres S. McDougal and Harold D. Lasswell, of International Agreements and World Public Order.
