ABSTRACT
Some authors such as Richard Quinney (1974) have argued that law itself is a peculiarly western phenomenon - developed in the Judaeo-Christian religion. The concepts of God's law, the law of nature and scientific laws are enmeshed in our intellectual history, and today's concern with the laws of economics and the need for law and order is in keeping with such a conceptual framework. Quinney argues that this western image or ideology of law has been remarkably consistent whether in the popular mind or in academic disciplines. Its leading exponent, Rosco Pound, saw law as a specialised form of social control - to pressure man into upholding civilised society and to deter him from anti-social conduct, i.e. conduct at variance with the postulates of social order.
