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Durkheim's definition of law is simply stated as a set of beliefs or vales shared by members of society, which revolves around a moral basis. He argued that traditional societies were 'motorized' and were held together by the fact that everyone was more or less the same, and thus had things in common. He also believes that law is a sort of moral cohesion whereas members of society are held together by common values and …

…be the old drinking age debate. A person must be twenty one years of age to consume alcohol in America, but pretty much anywhere else in the world you only have to be eighteen. This shows that everybody has a different interpretation of rules put in place by their society. A common argument to this in America is that one can be old enough to fight a war but not old enough to drink liquor.