CAS PO 191 Lecture Notes - Samuel Von Pufendorf, Natural And Legal Rights, First Amendment To The United States Constitution
21 Apr 2014
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Slavery controversy (1780"s-1860"s): appealed to natural law for justification for their views. 1800"s opponents of strong government regulation of private business. 1900"s: little influence on the decisions of supreme court justices. Legal protection of individuals has not been based on natural law doctrines, but on principles and precedents stemming from interpretation of the us constitution and federal statutes. They are born within us; exist with us; and cannot be taken from us by any human power without taking our lives. 10: madison, the protection of these faculties [capacities of individuals] is the first object of government. ; supposes a fundamental human longing to seek fulfillment. John locke: every man has a property in his own person so that the labor of his body, and the work of his hands are his. Question 1, research, natural rights: purposes of the state limit its authority: political power is legal.
