LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Property Law, The Employer, Labour Power
18 Feb 2017
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Capture the relationship b/w law & social transformation. 3 levels of interaction: the individual (obedience); in-group phenomenon (struggles); the impact of new realities (morals, technologies) Liberal jurisprudence is the dominant mindframe of most legal thinkers and practitioners in canada. In recent years, some liberal thinkers have claimed that liberalism has no core determinative ideas. Liberal political theory has as its starting point an ontology a theory of being or personhood. It assumes a rational, free-choosing, autonomous self that is prior to, and independent of, both the community and other selves. Liberalism takes as its premise an individualized self and upon this foundation constructs a political philosophy and legal theory, designed to maximize the realm of action that is available to such a self. Pursue your own version of the good & happiness, as long as you aren"t affecting someone else"s life.
