An internal perspective is the one suggested by analytical jurists like the British philosopher H.L.A. Hart in The Concept of Law. Drawing on the legal realist tradition other scholars suggest instead that "though law and society are separate, they are related. And the big theoretical problem for writers who see the world this way is to work out the secret of that relationship. Thus, they ask questions such as, "Is law a dependent or independent variable?" "Is everything about law -- norms, rules, processes, and institutions -- determined by society, or does law have "autonomous" internal structures or logic?" "If it has internal structures, do they enable it to have an independent causal effect -- to act as a positive feedback loop -- on social life?" [Robert W. Gordon, "Critical Legal Histories," 36 Stan. L. Rev. 57, 60-61 (1984)]