Media, Information and Technoculture 2156A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fide, Positive Law, Black Letter Law
11 Feb 2018
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Rules that govern society that are implemented and enforced by the state. Laws don"t have to have a moral component to them; laws can be both moral and/or amoral. Why do some rules become law and some do not? i. e. alcohol regulating circumstances, but it"s legal. Different conceptions of justice exist the lawyer and the judge see the system as being just at large. It"s sort of rolling the dice either side could win. If we prioritize transactions, c keeps the watch. If we prioritize property, a keeps the watch: which one is morally right? (no one knows) The law is largely an idealist project. Everyone is accountable under the law no matter their status. Canadians recognize that being governed by law is an appropriate way to live. We don"t typically expect the rules to be arbitrary, we expect some form of fairness.
