Essays on Theory

Many crime theories have been created in attempt to explain what causes people to get involved in criminal behavior. Many have been applied some to notorious cult leader Charles Manson. Manson’s cult was his “family” as they called it, this seems to be Charles making…

This theory adopts a more realistic and pragmatic approach to law by considering customary practices and circumstances surrounding a conflict. Basically it evolves on the perception that law is derived from precedents giving it the binding flavour to similar cases. It is for a fact…

This theory was propounded by Hans Kelsen. It is all about the legal system being pure i. e. free from external forces and the concept of separating laws from morals need to be uphold at all times. Basically, law is defined as an interconnected system…

Although there exist various jurists under the natural law umbrella, the focus shifts to Thomas Aquinas who is a classical naturalist. Natural Law alias true law is defined as a right reason in agreement with nature which is universal, eternal and unchanging sourcing its validity…

On September 11th, 2001, three airplanes were hijacked in the United States airspace; two were directed to hit the World Trade Center Towers and the other collided into the Pentagon. From an average citizen’s perspective, these attacks were unexpected and brash – anger induced and…

Relating to society or its organization the systematic investigation, experimentation, testing, exploration and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusion is known as social research. So, when we do social research there are many influences on the conduct…

Symbolic Interactionism is a theory that was introduced by George Herbert Mead, an American philosopher. Instead of focusing on the bigger picture, symbolic interactionism likes to focus on the small-scale perspective of the interaction between individuals in groups or with other people. G. H. Mead…

Russell Hardin proposed his theory of “trust as encapsulated interest”. This theory explains how trust is something we, ourselves as humans, do whenever we feel like something can be beneficial for us. Russell believes that the true instincts for trusting someone are when we believe…

The structuration theory, according to Encyclopoedia Britannica, is that “structures are maintained and adapted through the exercise of agency”. Anthony Giddens presented the structuration theory to inform others that people act differently around different people. For example, the way I act with my mother is…

Emile Durkheim was a French philosopher and sociologist who contributed many ideas to the Social Theory. He was well known for various ideas, social facts being one of them. Durkheim introduced social facts. He defined social facts as values, norms, and social structures that have…