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Well there are differences in law in pre-modern and modern societies.
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Now we are getting into he's building the argument up to
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make the distinction between mechanical and organic solidarity.
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And let me just go through of this.
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So the argument is then in pre-modern societies the law
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which existed is primarily a repressive or penal law.
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Well there is--the purpose of punishment is to punish evil behavior.
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And we tend to agree what is evil behavior is,
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and punishments therefore also tends to be harsh,
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to prevent further aggressive behavior by individuals.
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So this is the legal system of pre-modern societies.
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Well I will give you a couple of citations,