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Term Paper Title	According To The American Heritage Dictionary, Sociology Is The Study Of Human S
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     According to the American Heritage Dictionary, sociology is "the study of human social behavior."  In other words, to understand the world around us, we must understand the different aspects of sociology and different sociological viewpoints.  As is to be expected, there are many different viewpoints on why people or why society acts the way is does.  But there are very few who views and ideas are as prominent as such theorists as Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber.  Although there viewpoints are supported by many "case studies", they do differ on some very key issues.  So it would be doing oneself a grave injustice to understand and hold as true one of these viewpoints while completely ignoring the others.  Understanding as many different ideals as possible will help in making the best interpretation when trying to understand any complex society.  One of the things that makes these three theorists work so unbelievable is the fact that they produced their works many decades ago, but much of what they believed still holds true in the modern world.  If they could publish so long ago and their theories still hold true today, there must be a good deal of validity to these ideas.  But besides that fact, and maybe even more important, these ideas and theories can help to formulate unique ideas and interpretations of the world.  We see the world through our own eyes, we all have unique experiences which develop unique ideas.  Through understanding some important ideas of the past, it will help in not only understanding the world around us, but also in developing new theories for future generations.
     The article I have chosen to unpack using Weberian, Durkheimian, and Marxian views is from the November 21st issue of "The Economist" and it is entitled "When Lawsuits Make Policy."  According to this article, the new trend in getting things done in the U.S. is through exploiting the legal system.  Things that people could not achieve previously in a democratic fashion are now being taken to the courts.  But this creates a major paradox for our strongly "democratic" society.  This takes the power out of voting and puts the power into the courtrooms and this is clearly not what the American society supports.  It has always been through democracy that things get done in this country and now that right has been undeservingly given to the courts.  The fundamental question this article answers is: Do the courts have rights to make policy?
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