ABSTRACT
T H E moder n juris t i s accustomed t o seeing a world ruled b y law and legal coercion. T o this world, which is his world, he owes his Weltanschauung (world-view, philosoph y of life) , whic h assumes that la w and lega l coercion have been in existence fro m th e be - ginning o f time . H e canno t conceiv e o f huma n communa l lif e without them . A famil y tha t i s no t hel d together , o r a t leas t supervised, b y th e constitute d authorities , propert y tha t i s no t protected b y the courts , a contract tha t canno t b e sued upon, or that ma y not, t o say the least, be se t u p a s a defense, an inheritance that canno t b e obtained b y legal means, are t o him thing s that ar e altogethe r outsid e o f the lega l sphere, that ar e without legal significance. I n this way, legal order, court , and legal sanction become a unit in his mode of thinking, and he wil l unhesitat - ingly speak of law or legal relation only where he finds a court and legal coercion, or perhaps an administrative tribunal and admin - istrative coercion .
