Law is much more than legislation, or "law in the books." Law is also defined in practice. However, in a capitalist society, it is the wealthy upper class that defines law in practice. In a free market based system, the wealthy class usually consists of business owners and heads of local and multi-national corporations. Because of the enormous amount of money and capital that corporations generate, pressures, in terms of restrictive laws, are diminished in …
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