Multiple choice

According to the theory of ‘social utilitarianism’ as propounded by Ihering,

  1. the greatest number of people should get the greatest pleasure

  2. law is a means to an end

  3. the balance is to be struck between the competing interests in society

  4. None of the above
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Ihering elaborated the relation of law to social change. Even more influential in the 20th century was his law as a means to an end, which maintained that the purpose of law was the protection of individual and societal interests by coordinating them and thus minimising occasions for conflict. 

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