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28 Cards in this Set
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Moses |
The law is contained in the 10 commandments received from God |
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Socrates |
Citizens have a moral duty to obey the law |
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Plato |
A benevolent dictator is an idea law maker |
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Aristotle |
If a law creates more moral people, it is good |
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Cicero |
Human law should reflect divine and natural law |
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Justinian |
Law should be systematically outlined in code |
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St Augustine |
An unjust law is no law at all |
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St Thomas Aquinas |
Law should ultimately reflect God's law |
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Thomas Hobbes |
Citizens need to accept a strong lawmaker to avoid chaos |
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John Locke |
A legal and political system is a contract between the ruler and the ruled |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Citizens can overthrow rulers if the contract is broken |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Everyone is entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
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Lon Fuller |
Justice can come through process |
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Jeremy Bentham |
Define a law before reforming it |
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John Austin |
A command issued by a sovereign backed by a sanction |
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H L A Hart |
A system needs primary and secondary rules |
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Adam Smith |
Law should facilitate a free economy |
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Jeremy Bentham |
Maximise utility for the greatest number of people |
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John Stuart Mill |
Law should promote the greatest amount go good for the greatest amount of people |
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Ronald Dworkin |
The just legal answer is found in common law principles |
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Albert Venn Dicey |
For the rule of law to exist, there must be equality before the law for everyone |
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Karl Marx |
Law is a tool used by the ruling capitalist to subjugate the working class |
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Oliver Wendell Holmes |
The law is what the courts say it is |
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Jane Kelsey |
Liberalism is a sham used to subjugate outsiders |
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Catharine MacKinnon |
Law is a tool of men used to subjugate women |
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Derrick Bell |
Law is a tool used by white people to subjugate ethnic minorities |
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Richard Posner |
Law should aim to maximise wealth |
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Robin West |
Fictional representation of the law furthers our understanding of our legal system |
