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Weber began his career as a lawyer, and is thought to be one of the founders of sociology and sociology of law. In the 18th century, Adam Smith offered a philosophical basis for explaining the relationship between law and economics. The discipline arose partly out of a critique of trade unions and U.S. antitrust law. Environmental law is more and more necessary, particularly in mild of the Kyoto Protocol and the potential danger of local weather change. Environmental safety also serves to penalise polluters within home legal systems. Space law is a relatively new subject dealing …