POLS 3130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ronald Dworkin, Constitutionalism, North American Free Trade Agreement
14 May 2017
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Drummond case: charged with attempted murder, inserted a pellet gun into her womb. What is politics: who gets what, when and how money should go to education, health, national defense, police forces, environment. Politics is about making decisions that distribute resources such as how much. What is the study of politics: processes surrounding the making of decisions and outcomes of the decision making process. Classical natural law: for a law to be valid, it has to be morally permissible procedures (secondary rules) Law as is" should be viewed as a set of rules created through a set of. Body of rules: distinct from customs or convections. Enacted by public officials: law is the domain of government actors. Churches, professional organizations, businesses have their set of rules, but not considered law" and cannot be enforced unless the government. Rules must be enacted in a legitimate manner: specific procedures by government distinguish from rules developed by terrorists, gangs, criminals.
