LAWS 3908- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 45 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Part a: multiple - choice questions (35) are worth 35 marks. Classical natural law theory: greco-roman ideas: plato, aristotle and cicero. Christian revisions: st. augustine and aquinas: grotius secularization. Rulers should follow a higher, natural, moral authority and their laws should conform to justice. Conceived in many ways such as god or right reasoning. If human laws are to be valid, they must reflect a universal and natural justice. Law is something universal, natural and moral is a belief that has been around for centuries: u(cid:374)ited natio(cid:374)(cid:859)s u(cid:374)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)sal de(cid:272)la(cid:396)atio(cid:374) of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:396)ights (cid:894)1(cid:1013)4(cid:1012)(cid:895, article 1: all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Basic theme- human laws should always follow a universal and infinite law of nature and or justice: meaning: something in natural law that is beyond and prior to humans. It exists inseparable from what is human made. Idea that law should be based on universal set of morals is still present today.
