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Mores and the Law: Taking Sumner Seriously

Richard D. Schwartz

I examine here how Sumner's concept of the mores applies to modern urban society—in particular to law as an epiphenomenon of the mores rather than an influence on them. Strongly-held mores are rare in contem porary societies. Rather, submores pervade, causing conflict among antag onistic interests. Law can sometimes bridge these submores, as in labor- management conflict. Law can also provide a framework within which pervasive mores may evolve. For these reasons, law can and does contribute much more to the mores of complex urban societies than Sumner perceived.

Cross-Cultural Research, Vol. 15, No. 3, 159-180 (1980)
DOI: 10.1177/106939718001500301
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