Level Of Societal Evolution

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Schwartz, Richard D.Legal evolution and societal complexity

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Schwartz, Richard D."Elements of legal organization emerge in a sequence such that each constitutes a necessary condition for the next." The Guttman scale shows mediation at the first evolutionary level, police and mediation at the intermediate level, and counsel, police and mediation at the highest level. The simplest societies have none of these traits (160, 161, 163)
Schwartz, Richard D."Societies that lack mediation . . . appear to be the simplest societies. None of them has writing or any substantial degree of specialization" (165)

Associated OCMs

  1. sociocultural trends
  2. urban and rural life