LS101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Critical Legal Studies, Hugo Grotius, Legal Positivism
14 Dec 2017
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Week 2: phenomenology of law and society (page 4-7) Structure of law and legality: objective and subjective. Week 3: theoretical perspective in legal studies (i) jus-naturalism. Week 4: theoretical perspective in legal studies (ii): legal positivism. Point of origin: a matter of dispute among legal scholars. Essence of legal positivism: the method and the substance. Week 5: socio-legal theories and critical perspectives (page 24-54) Classical sociologists of law: maine, durkheim, weber and scelle. Law and the historical materialism of karl marx. Week 6: legal theory in the extra western world (page 14-15) Law and society in the muslim world: ibn kaldhun and the concept of asabiyyah or social order. Law and society in the chinese philosophy: confucius ethics and laotseu taoism. Law and society in africa: hampate ba and the concept of gregarism. Few authors may use the word norms to define rules. For kelsen law is a concept of normativity .
