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So the first person we want to talk about is william chambliss.
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This is a sociologist, and he viewed law as a tool of social control.
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He believed laws are created by those in power to maintain control and regulate behavior of those not in power.
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He argued laws are biased in favor of powerful against the powerless.
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So, oftentimes laws will favor those with money and power, and they will be against those who are powerless and do not have as much money.
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This is the conflict theory of law.
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Oliver wendell holmes was a supreme court justice.
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She had a pragmatic view of the law.
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He believed law should be based on practical outcomes rather than abstract principles.
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So we should actually take a look at what outcomes actually result rather than abstractly look at the law and see what could happen based off of these abstractions.
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He argued the law should be flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances.
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So this is legal realism.
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So we want to be realistic with the law...