HUMA 1825 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jargon
11 Dec 2019
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Distinguish different philosophies of law schools of legal thought and explain their relevance. Explain why natural law relates to the rights that the founders of the us political-legal. As legal philosopher john austin concisely put it, law is the command of a sovereign. Law is only law, in other words, if it comes from a recognized authority and can be enforced by that authority, or sovereign such as a king, a president, or a dictator who has power within a defined area or territory. Positivism is a philosophical movement that claims that science provides the only knowledge precise enough to be worthwhile. We could examine existing statutes executive orders, regulations, or judicial decisions in a fairly precise way to find out what the law says. For example, we could look at the posted speed limits on most us highways and conclude that the correct or. Right speed is no more than fifty-five miles per hour.
