Roscoe Pound's Super Conspiracy Theory

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I. Introduction Development of Indian society at different planes involving social, economic and political aspects accompany the metamorphosis in the legal system as an inevitable consequence. The foundation of law, as derived from jurisprudential theories, has been termed to be the society itself. With specific reference to Roscoe Pound, one of the leading figures in twentieth-century legal thought strove to link law and society through his "sociological jurisprudence" and to improve the administration of the judicial system. Pound placed his sociological jurisprudence in opposition to what he termed "mechanical jurisprudence," which he characterized as a common but odious practice whereby judges woodenly applied precedent to the facts of …show more content…

West, "evidence suggests that a broad cross section of Americans today…gives credence to at least some conspiracy theories." It stretches over various types in the form of - Event conspiracy theories wherein the conspiracy is held to be responsible for a limited, discrete event or set of events, Systemic conspiracy theories where the conspiracy is believed to have broad goals, usually conceived as securing control of a country, a region, or even the entire world while Super conspiracy theories refers to conspiratorial constructs in which multiple conspiracies are believed to be linked together …show more content…

an object to be accomplished, b. a plan or scheme embodying means to accomplish that object, c. an agreement or understanding between two or more of the accused persons whereby, they become definitely committed to cooperate for the accomplishment of the object by the means embodied in the agreement, or by any effectual means, and d. in the jurisdiction where the statute required an overt act. The essence of a criminal conspiracy is the unlawful combination and ordinarily the offence is complete when the combination is framed. From this, it necessarily follows that unless the statute so requires, no overt act need be done in furtherance of the conspiracy, and that the object of the combination need not be accomplished, in order to constitute an indictable offence. Law making conspiracy a crime, is designed to curb immoderate power to do mischief which is gained by a combination of the means. The encouragement and support which co-conspirators give to one another rendering enterprise possible which, if left to individual effort, would have been impossible, furnish the ground for visiting conspirators and abettors with condign punishment. The conspiracy is held to be continued and renewed as to all its members wherever and whenever any member of the conspiracy acts in furtherance of the common

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