PHI 3395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Testator, Abortion Law, Fundamental Justice
15 Sep 2016
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Tendency for theorists regarding political stances tend to be between liberal or conservative. This can be traced back to the two law theories legal positivism and. An ancient source of natural law theory: roman stoics. Cicero (106-43 b. c. e. : de re publica / on the commonwealth, there is in fact a true law namely, right reason which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men, and is unchangeable and eternal. { }it will not lay down one rule at rome and another at. There will not be one rule now and another rule tomorrow. A contrast is being drawn upon: the idea that a law is dependant on place and/or a persons status, people"s own entity matters. Brings into question, the legality of slavery even at this time period. Riggs v palmer (1889) court appeals of new york. Issue: right of the heir to inherit from grandfather that he murdered.
