SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Legal Positivism, Moral Universalism, Metanarrative
11 Apr 2014
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Law is autonomous (own institution, sets its own guidelines, isn"t influenced by anything else) Law as part of society context law as it is lived: different societies produce different kinds of law, capitalism and democracy, whether law is above society or integral part of what makes society work. Law is inevitable, very black and white, just like gravity, in society its an idea that law is law. Idea that this system has mandatory equality built into it: first critique idea that law doesn"t hover above us, law is down here, transcendence law reflects a universal morality. There is universal moral ideas out there that everybody has. If you thin kabout things the right way you will come to the only right answer. People who believe in natural law think that law is a naturally occurring phenomena, law is right. If you are obedient you are considered to be a good person.
