RLST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Legal Positivism, Natural Selection, Organism
25 Dec 2016
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How does law function: another way of thinking about law is as a a system of rules. How is this different from dorff"s view of law as a living organism: adaptation to unanticipated scenarios, no exceptions, no way around it. !1: dorff argues against the idea of legal positivism. Positivism: the law is authoritative because it is created by a ruler or legislative. Wednesday, november 30, 2016 body: in a jewish context, this means that law communicates g-d"s will (either directly or through human intermediaries) Torah is the constitutional document of judaism. Ethical - if it contributes to the greater society and that you feel it"s right. Fear or danger - traf c rules for example. For what it does in the world community: natural law theory: Law is a framework to express and live out the ideals of the torah and the covenant.
