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Write short note on Law and social change.

  • UPSC 2009
  • Visions of Social Change in India

Does law follow social change or produce it? The classical answers divide sharply, and India — where law was used to remake a society that had not asked to be remade — is the standing test case. The defensible position is that law is an agent of change whose effectiveness depends on the social base…

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  • Law as a product of society
  • Law as an instrument of change
  • The Indian reply to Sumner
  • Why laws underperform
  • Conclusion

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