What is Law all about?

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Created on: 03-10-18 15:41

What is the law?

Rules and guidelines enforced through social institutions to govern behaviour in society. It creates a structure of authority (gov.).

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What does the law reflect?

Political and moral values (ideology). Applies equally to everyone (formal equality).

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What ought the law to be?

Concerned with values. Which values are best?/Right?/Justifiable?

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What are descriptive theories?

What the law is, why it is that way, how it affects the world

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What are normative theories?

What the law ought to be, values. But, which values are best/right?

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What is the validity of law?

A legal rule does not state a fact but rather prescribes a course of conduct, a mode of behaviour. A legal rule is determined by a valid authority.We have to examine our preconceptions about what the law is, how it came into being, and what it does,

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What is the morality of law?

Is legal bahaviour always correct? Is illegal behaviour always wrong? Is law really law if unenforced?

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