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Fact:
Research on lower class people of pre-industrial society was initiated
Problem with this fact:
No literature on these people
Historians approach to the problem
Legal Documents
Problem with this approach
No details, Superficial data
Concession:
Better than none
Solution 1 to the problem of historians’ approach
Supporting idea:
Court documents
Evidence 1:
Le Roy Ladune used Case Histories
Case histories:
Documents regarding Law and order administration, and other social behaviors
Author opinion
Suitable for civilzed societies
Not suitable for less civilized societies
Concession
It may be beneficial
Evidence 2:
Documents of criminal court proceedings
Concession
It might be plausible
Contrast
Of little value
Reason of contrast 1
No of Court rulings are different from real number of criminal activities
Reason of contrast 2
Sometimes court rulings are more than Actual crimes
Other times court rulings are less than Actual crimes
Reason of contrast 3
Estimated Population was not credible
Author conclusion:
Case histories are more credible than court rulings