ABSTRACT
This chapter briefly surveys the various types of law and rule found in culture. It considers rules of nature as they control the behavior of an organism as a whole, that is, insofar as man as a piece of matter has to submit to them and the rules of biology, that is, of the functioning of the human organism. The chapter also considers the laws of nature which man utilizes in his technique must be distinguished from those which affect the organism as a whole and a number of rules of common life are necessary for the safety and order of all the members. All the real business of human culture goes on in the organized systems of activities, that is, institutions carried on by groups formed for a definite purpose.
