Jurisprudence

Philosophy allows people to study the nature of people’s beliefs. Throughout history people’s beliefs have differed. At one time people may believe one idea and decades later people may completely disagree with that idea. Not even the ideas of the law are exempt from this occurrence. Since the spoken word, hundreds of philosophers have defined law in different ways. Seeing law in different ways people can come to different conclusions about specific cases. The Fugitive Slave Law was a controversial

Herbert Lionel Adolphus Hart, was a British Legal Philosopher and worked for University of Oxford as Professor of Jurisprudence. Prof. Hart has written several books and few of his most important writings are, Causation of Law -1959, Concept of Law – 1961, Law liberty and Morality – 1963, Of Laws in General – 1970, and Essays on Bentham – 1982. This article focuses on one of his highly appreciated work, Concept of Law – 1961. The book analyses on the law, morality and fear or threat through which

RYERSON UNIVERSITY Department of Philosophy Course No. PHL 612: Philosophy of Law Winter 2014 SECTION ONE (011) Instructor(s): Alex Wellington Office: Room 428, Jorgenson Hall* Phone: 979-5000 ext. 4057 (E-mail address)**: awelling@ryerson.ca OR alex.wellington@sympatico.ca Office Hours Posted: Wednesdays at 2:10 pm, By Appointment Wednesdays at 3:10 pm and at 4:10 pm, Drop In Time Thursdays at 3:10 pm, By Appointment *Other times may be available by appointment Website:

JOHN FINNIS: THE IDEA OF BASIC GOODS (Project Report to the Term Paper towards the partial fulfillment of the assessment in the subject Jurisprudence-I) Submitted By: Submitted To: Abhinav Raj (1182) Mr. S. K. Kaushik B.A., LL.B Faculty of Jurisprudence III Semester AishwaryaTripathi (1188) B.A., LL.B III Semester Submitted on-17/08/2015 NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, JODHPUR SUMMER SESSION (JULY-NOVEMBER

King, 1 Sheridan Louise King Midterm POL192b: Legal Theory 1. What is the difference between liberal and difference feminism? In order to differentiate liberal feminism from difference feminism, it is important to clarify on the outset the exact definition of each term. According to Martha Fineman (2005), feminism can be defined as a gender based theory focusing on challenging the assertions and assumption revolving gender neutrality. Specifically, feminism deals with the assumptions and values

Therapeutic Jurisprudence is the study of how aspects of legal system impacts the mental wellness.The implications of law on mental health is an ignored part of law. The research deals with the core idea of therapeutic jurisprudence and how it effects people placing reliance on various laws and legal practices prevalent in the legal system.In 1987, David Wexler conveyed a paper to the National Institute of Mental Health in the United States coining the term “Therapeutic Jurisprudence”.Therapeutic

John Mitchell Finnis is an Australian legal scholar and philosopher specialized in philosophy of law. He was the professor of law at University College, Oxford. John Finnis has written Natural Law and Natural Rights in 1980, basically a restatement of Natural law theory. John Finnis’ work is an explication and application of Aquinas’ view, an application to ethical question, but with special attention to the problems of social theory in general. Primary question in the legal theory of the Finnis

What is therapeutic jurisprudence and how does it relates to the criminal justice system? According to David Wexler from the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, “Therapeutic jurisprudence is the study of the role of the law as a therapeutic agent" (Wexler, 2011, p. 1). Therapeutic jurisprudence deals more with the inner self by focusing on the law 's impact on emotional life and on psychological well-being. The inner self was not recognized much by the law until recently. People want an understanding

Student number: 1337596 Module code: CL6310 Module title: Jurisprudence (Essay 1) Module leader: Professor John Harrington Essay title: HLA Hart stated that the goal of his theory was ‘an improved analysis of the distinctive structure of a ... legal system and a better understanding of the resemblances and differences between law, coercion, and morality, as types of social phenomena’. Discuss critically the extent to which Hart realized this goal. Word count: 2819 HLA Hart (hereafter Hart)

As Nigel Simmonds puts it in his book, Central Issues in Jurisprudence, Hart was one of the greatest exponents of Legal Positivism in the mid twentieth – century. In his careers’ most famous work, The Concept of Law , Hart explains the nature of law in relation to the framework of legal thought while also outlining the essential characteristics of a robust legal system. As an introduction to his work, Hart explains that his theory is based upon the works of Jeremy Bentham and Jane Austin who were