PHIL 2435 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Draft Evasion, Positive Law, Thurgood Marshall
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Ruled on the law of nations ruling: according to. Time - higher courts can overturn the decisions of lower courts if it gets appealed: according to. X has a legal duty to do p = a court has issued a decision according to which x is to do p or x will suffer some harm: according to. There is no law with respect to a particular case until a court has yielded a decision. B is obliged to do p - b believes that some harm will befall him if he fails to do p, and b does p in order to avoid that harm. B has an obligation/duty to do p - rules such that deviations from the rule are met with demands that you conform to the rule and punishments if you do not conform to the rule: according to. X has a legal duty to do p = if x fails to do.
