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There is law. That said I sometimes suspect it's just tolerated at universities as a legacy. Being a part of university before the time science was invented.
You also have "political sciences", "social studies" - but the softer flavor of science is humbly acknowledged there.
Economics is unique in its pretentiousness and its public status. They even give Nobel prizes (as they are widely known) in Economics, right?
Most people assume justice is a moral concept. But in legal terms it's considered by many lawyers and judges to be purely procedural.
So justice is considered served if due process is followed, even if the result is a moral nonsense.
This explains a lot about both politics and law, IMO.
But that does lead to some extreme. I'm pretty sure that it's a current US Supreme Court Justice who claimed that proof of innocence was no reason to cancel an execution that was decided by due process. Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi
It has its merits, because the "natural law" people are also insane. I distribute. You re-distribute. He gives your hard-earned money to lazy scroungers. -- JakeS
Utilitarianism is rather more practically oriented.
- Jake Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.
I suppose ideally you'd have explicit legal/political goals, and sanctions/rewards which would be calibrated and tested against an objective and provably accurate assessment of their value.
But why bother when you don't have to progress beyond simple emotionalism?
Gerechtigkeit durch Verfahren. (Luhmann)
That said, due process is at least achievable. A just result is much more difficult.
Say, is that stuff about us as natural persons or CORPORATIONS serious?
For a change, here is a peculiar story of "science" and law colliding: The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase Full of Trouble
True, that is the saving grace. A discipline should know it's limitations.
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