Legal evolution and societal complexity

"Societies that lack mediation . . . appear to be the simplest societies. None of them has writing or any substantial degree of specialization" (165)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Guttman scale, chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Level Of Societal Evolution	Dependent	Urban And Rural Life
Mediation	Independent	Judicial Authority

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schwartz, Richard D.	1964	"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)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schwartz, Richard D.	1964	"Damages, that is, property payment in lieu of other sanctions . . . [are] a necessary but not sufficient condition for mediation" (165, 166)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Wimberly, Howard	1973	A four level Guttman scale of legal evolution from highest to lowest level is posited: counsel, police, courts and mediation. Courts form an intermediate stage after mediation and prior to the appearance of police (79)	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Leavitt, Gregory C.	1977	The evolution of societies will be positively associated with increasing differentiation (53-54)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Sanderson, Stephen K.	2008	Subsistence economy, societal size, and the presence of writing and records will all be associated with stage of religious evolution (459).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author