10.1016/b978-0-12-374268-1.00003-4
Eoghan Casey · Time to knit · 2000
... the law and the scientific knowledge to which it refers often serve different purposes� Concerned with ordering men’s conduct in accordance with certain standards, values, and societal goals, the legal system is a prescriptive and normative one dealing with the “ought to be�” much scientific knowledge, on the other hand, is purely descriptive; its “laws” seek not to control or judge the phenomenon of the real world, but to describe and explain them in neutral terms� korn (1966)