SOSC 2350 Study Guide - Final Guide: Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, The Federalist Papers

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2350
• Professor: Dena Demos

Document Summary

Essay #2: tamanaha makes it clear in his discussion of locke, madison and hamilton that these liberal thinkers were worried about unfettered democracy. Use examples that were raised in the course to substantiate your claims. In your answer, refer to and critically assess the perspective on this issue developed by critical race theory (crt) taking particular note how the crt approach differs from that developed by critical legal studies. The rule of law is the legal principle that law should govern a nation, as opposed to being governed by arbitrary decisions of individual government officials. It primarily refers to the influence and authority of law within society, particularly as a constraint upon behaviour, including behaviour of government officials. John lo(cid:272)ke(cid:859)s perspective on the need for the rule of law is used as a check on the (cid:862)tyra(cid:374)(cid:374)y of the (cid:373)ajority(cid:863) that was a questionable, exclusionary and vague theory.