Critically evaluate the main principles of legal positivism and natural law.
Date Submitted: 10/05/2004 05:39:50
Category: / Law & Government / Law Issues
Length: 13 pages (3634 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Law Issues
Length: 13 pages (3634 words)
The history of "Natural Law" is extensive. Classical Greek Naturalism was the major doctrine until Christian Theologian Doctrine replaced it. As societies have moved away from the church "Natural Law" has been to some extent superseded by Positivism. We have been asked to critically evaluate these two schools of Jurisprudence.
Greek Naturalism The classical Greek philosophers believed that natural law was a moral order, which was superior to human law and one that knows no …
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