Physical sanctions succeed among individuals because physical equality prevents any single group from dominating.

Evidence

Yet, because of the same fact of approximate equality and the patent advantages of submission to a system of restraints, no combination of malefactors is likely to exceed in strength those who would voluntarily co-operate in its maintenance. In these circumstances, which constitute the background of municipal law, sanctions may successfully be used against malefactors with relatively small risks, and the threat of them will add much to whatever natural deterrents there may be. — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 515

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — HLA Hart, The Concept of Law (Clarendon Law…, 515
• XREF: connects to: Group-based discipline can coerce as powerfully as individual violence — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 5601

Broader Connections

• Group-based discipline can coerce as powerfully as individual violence #expands (0.60) — , The Rod and the Child, 5601