PHILOS 2Q03 Chapter Notes - Chapter Fuller: Lon L. Fuller
31 Mar 2018
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Making law is often a difficult task that may or may not be accomplished. Lon fuller = professor of law at harvard law school. Rex saw that his predecessors failed the field of law; these problems included: rules of law applying mainly to generations past, the expensive cost of justice, judges = corrupt. Rex"s conclusion: it is easier to make decisions based on past historical references than to foresee and control the future yourself: it also made it easier to give reasons. The final code: was clear and concise but applied to the past: much had happened since the code was finally completed that the substance of the code had been overtaken by events. Like the allegory of rex, the system of legal affairs may carry failure in one or more of 8 distinct ways: a failure to achieve rules at all: This makes every issue a decision on an upfront basis: the failure to publicize.
