Legal Realism Authority

I think that legal realism and Raz make a valid point. I think people recognize and respect legal officials. People follow these laws because they respect the authority of these people. Police men, judges, the President are just few of the legal officials we follow because we respect their authority. We drive slowly on the highways because are aware of the authority that the Police have, we may not agree with these laws follow them because of the respect of the Police. Judges are the same way they are respected people within the courtroom, they have lots of authority and we respect their decisions and follow what they say. For the President we may not agree but we follow his actions, we may not want to go to war but most of us respect and support our troops. As mentioned before there are athletes that are respected enough that they may say something and people will follow. In commercials Michael Jordan is probably the best example he is probably the most respected basketball player so when he advertises his Air Jordan shoes lots of people go out their and buy them. I don’t think this is the best ways for laws to be. I would still go with laws that are based on morals. I think laws are better when people believe in them. The legal realism approach is good though because I think authority has a lot to do with people following the law.