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1st Class Notes on Jurisprudence. Topics include: Hart, Dworkin, Kant, Hobbes and Rousseau.
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Hart puts forward the view that law (a legal system) is the union of two kinds of rules: primary and secondary rules. Primary rules are those rules that directly govern our conduct: rules that tell us what to do, like the law against committing murder, or requiring us to pay our taxes. Secondary rul...
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Add to cartHart puts forward the view that law (a legal system) is the union of two kinds of rules: primary and secondary rules. Primary rules are those rules that directly govern our conduct: rules that tell us what to do, like the law against committing murder, or requiring us to pay our taxes. Secondary rul...
Dworkin argues that Hart’s descriptive theory fails because it can’t explain the way we really talk about law. Hart’s theory, he says, implies that we share core criteria for determining what law is, and the disagreements that remain are over borderline issues.
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Add to cartDworkin argues that Hart’s descriptive theory fails because it can’t explain the way we really talk about law. Hart’s theory, he says, implies that we share core criteria for determining what law is, and the disagreements that remain are over borderline issues.
Kant - government is justified because it is required by our nature as free and rational beings
You think of yourself as a free and autonomous person. You also think that it should be up
to you to choose how to live your life, and that it should be up to others to live theirs. Kant
took these simple...
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Add to cartKant - government is justified because it is required by our nature as free and rational beings
You think of yourself as a free and autonomous person. You also think that it should be up
to you to choose how to live your life, and that it should be up to others to live theirs. Kant
took these simple...
Hobbes - government is justified because without it we will destroy each other.
What reason do you have to agree to be subject to government and its laws? Isn’t it much
better to be free and do your own thing? Hobbes made a name for himself by arguing that if
you were free of government, chances a...
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Add to cartHobbes - government is justified because without it we will destroy each other.
What reason do you have to agree to be subject to government and its laws? Isn’t it much
better to be free and do your own thing? Hobbes made a name for himself by arguing that if
you were free of government, chances a...
For Rousseau, ultimate authority must always remain in the hands of the people and be
an expression of their sovereignty. This is how real freedom is attained. Freedom is expressed through conformity with the ‘general will’ (volonté generale), not
in a private or personal sphere. For Rousseau, ...
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Add to cartFor Rousseau, ultimate authority must always remain in the hands of the people and be
an expression of their sovereignty. This is how real freedom is attained. Freedom is expressed through conformity with the ‘general will’ (volonté generale), not
in a private or personal sphere. For Rousseau, ...
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