CRIM 335- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 18 pages long!)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 335
• Professor: Tamara O' Doherty

Document Summary

Natural law is the foundation of most human rights and civil liberties concepts: traced back to ancient greek philosophers (plato, aristotle), roman legal scholars (cicero, justinian) and then into christian theology (aquinas. If natural law is everywhere, transcending time/place, then it must apply universally: coincides with rise of imperialism and as justification for colonization, differential standards of applications and enforcement la(cid:449)(cid:373)ake(cid:396)s thought it (cid:449)as justified (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it (cid:449)as thei(cid:396) (cid:862)dut(cid:455)(cid:863) After the roman period, philosophy is curtailed sharply. Imposition of oppressive religious fundamentalism and rejection of individual thought. Law comes from god the roman catholic church is the interpreter of law and morality: church and state are one, therefore concepts of morality are infused into legal systems. Idea emerges that law is a reflection of morality (christian form) Resurgence of critical thought, artistic expression and resistance to oppression. Nation-states emerging, secularism rising: resistance to the church as the source of law.