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Themes: the law is full of uncertainty, the law is full of rapid change, no one can say for sure what the law is until the courts decide, hard cases make bad law. Talula does the hula from hawaii, keenan got lucy and sex fruit. Natural law : morality cannot be divorced from the law, criticism (who"s morality to follow, etc. ) Judicial realism : judge is the most important person. All just a smokescreen? a drawback is too much emphasis on the judge rather than the case itself. Judicial realism judge is the most important person. Natural law absurd (a 3 year old kid should not be charged for bringing a toy car to the park) Positivists parse language (a vehicle is a vehicle) Realist all about personal standpoint characteristics of laws in a functioning democratic state: laws have to be general, laws must be promulgated (displayed, public); a secret law = no law.