Law pursues human satisfaction through many techniques beyond command

Evidence

The truth seems to be that in pursuit of the ultimate goal of maximizing the satisfactions of valid human wants, the law finds many a tool besides force that suits its purpose. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 828

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Law is not reducible to commands backed by sovereign force — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 826; Law frees interactions from face-to-face control, enabling unconsidered specialist conduct; Legal constructs operate by bypassing the subject’s moral emotions — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 705 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Certain laws provide facilities for realizing wishes instead of imposing duties. #exemplifies (0.95) — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 175
• Law frees interactions from face-to-face control, enabling unconsidered specialist conduct #expands (0.75)
• Administered satisfaction produces voluntary compliance without terror. #exemplifies (0.75) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 333
• Legal constructs operate by bypassing the subject’s moral emotions #exemplifies (0.72) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 705