CRIM 338 Lecture 5: Chapter-5

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 338
• Professor: Kirsten Mc Allister

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I(cid:374) (cid:862)the variet(cid:455) of la(cid:449)s(cid:863) (cid:894)ch. (cid:1007)(cid:895), he (cid:374)oted that la(cid:449)s are di(cid:448)ided i(cid:374)to t(cid:449)o logi(cid:272)al t(cid:455)pes that are irredu(cid:272)i(cid:271)l(cid:455) differe(cid:374)t: (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:895) (cid:862)dut(cid:455)-i(cid:373)posi(cid:374)g rules(cid:863) (cid:894)so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es (cid:272)alled (cid:862)o(cid:271)ligatio(cid:374)-i(cid:373)posi(cid:374)g rules(cid:863)(cid:895), a(cid:374)d (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:895) (cid:862)po(cid:449)er- (cid:272)o(cid:374)ferri(cid:374)g rules(cid:863) Rules of the first t(cid:455)pe are (cid:272)alled (cid:862)(cid:271)asi(cid:272)(cid:863) or (cid:862)pri(cid:373)ar(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)top of p. (cid:1012)(cid:1005)(cid:895). Rules of the se(cid:272)o(cid:374)d t(cid:455)pe are (cid:862)parasiti(cid:272) upo(cid:374)(cid:863) or (cid:862)se(cid:272)o(cid:374)dar(cid:455)(cid:863) to the first t(cid:455)pe. Rather tha(cid:374) atte(cid:373)pt to e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) la(cid:449) through (cid:862)po(cid:449)er(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h austi(cid:374) had sought to (cid:272)larif(cid:455), hart goes to the idea of (cid:862)o(cid:271)ligatio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)p. (cid:1012)(cid:1006)(cid:895). This makes the primary rules obligation-imposing law includes, in addition to obligations, rules that confer powers, permitting people to do things; the absence of this was one of hart"s criticisms of the obt theory. Hart imagines a society in which there are only duty-imposing rules and in which there are no power (cid:272)o(cid:374)ferri(cid:374)g rules at all.