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procedure. England is much better in this respect than the 
United States, and the United States is probably better in 
respect to civil procedure than in respect to criminal pro- 
cedure. The law does not always give justice: it is only a 
scheme for giving justice. If justice is truly administered 
human beings discharge all their duties and other liabilities 
and obtain all of their rights, privileges, powers, and im- 
munities; if this results, social interests will be protected; 
and if social interests are protected, there is social control. 
Hence law may be defined, not only as a scheme of social 
control as it has been defined above, but as the science (that 
is the organized body of knowledge composed of principles, 
rules, and standards) which deals with the administration of 
justice . 10 However, the writer prefers the definition first 
above given because it leaves less to inference. 
10 “The science of law, that is, that organized body of knowledge that has to do with 
the administration of justice by public or regular tribunals in accordance with prin- 
ciples or rules of general character and more or less uniform application . . . .” — 
Pound, I Lib . Am. Law and Prac. 1. 
“Law in the juridical sense is the body of rules (and principles) recognized or 
enforced by public or regular tribunals in the administration of justice.” — Pound, I Lib. 
Am. Laxv and Prac. 8. 
