SOSC 1375 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mental Disorder, Mens Rea, Anwar Al-Awlaki
15 Feb 2017
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Separation thesis: the separation thesis seperates that the law is one thing and morality is another. This means that the connection between law and morality are not necessary but can exist. A law does not need to be morally standard to be valid. Natural law theory: often contrasted with positive law natural law is a body of principles that are inherent in nature and thus are universal in figuring out whether human conduct is right or wrong. Legal positivism: legal positivists argue that for a law to be legitimate it must come from a source of power. Public law: regulates the relationships between the state and the individuals, or between states. Civil law: regulates the personal relationships between two private parties. When someone commits a criminal act, they do not commit that act against another person but rather against the state. Administrative law: governs the activities of administrative agencies of government.
