"Often it is the task
of law in a mature society to repress the customs or mores of a particular
group in society...Both the practices of trade associations in fixing prices to
consumers and the practices of gangsters in pledging secrecy frequently are societal
facts; they do not affect the validity of legal norms designed to overcome them
though they may seriously limit the effectiveness of such norms."
_Edwin W. Patterson, California
Law Review 31 March, 1952
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