LS300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indecent Exposure, Social Contract, Legal Positivism
18 Oct 2017
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June 19th no longer a mandatory class meeting day (work on second paper) The (cid:449)ay i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:449)e control and govern our society. Society and law are one in the same. If you know the law, you can create the right types of solutions. Real law versus the abstract ideal of law. Oliver wendell holmes (1881, p1) the life of law has not been logic; it has been experience. Similarities between law and medicine; importance of the human element even if you follow both procedures. The gap between law on the books and law in action; argues this is the most important area of study; helps activists, everyday life. The dialectical character of law; two oppositional forces; same thing but two competing forces in that space. How law can do one thing and interact with it. You can use law to secure certain rights for people; tool for social change but at the same time it can defeat these efforts.
