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  • John Finnis

    John Finnis John Finnis is an Australian legal scholar who grew up in Adelaide before getting a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. He is currently professor of law at Oxford. Finnis published Natural Law and Natural Rights in 1980, and the book is considered a seminal restatement of the natural law doctrine. Finnis is a practising…

  • John Finnis

    John Finnis John Finnis is an Australian legal scholar who grew up in Adelaide before getting a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. He is currently professor of law at Oxford. Finnis published Natural Law and Natural Rights in 1980, and the book is considered a seminal restatement of the natural law doctrine. Finnis is a practising…

  • Philosophy

    Contents Philosophy and theory of Law Special topics of philosophy and theory of law This topic covers the following: Origin of Law Sources of Law Nature of Law Limits of law Rule of law Legal reasoning Justice and injustice Equal protection of the law […]

  • Natural Law

    A typical definition of natural law which overstressed the universality of the concept was provided by Olivecrona (1971: 8): In contradistinction to positive law, 'natural law' generally means a law that has not been posited. Even if it is ascribed to the will of God, it is supposed to […]

  • Political Philosophy

    Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Shareholder Wealth Maximization As Means To An End, Robert P. Bartlett, Iii, Aug 2016 The Death Penalty In Traditional China, Chin Kim, Theodore R. Leblang, Jul 2016 The Cultural Limits Of Legal Tolerance, Benjamin Berger, […]

  • Political Philosophy

    Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Shareholder Wealth Maximization As Means To An End, Robert P. Bartlett, Iii, Aug 2016 The Death Penalty In Traditional China, Chin Kim, Theodore R. Leblang, Jul 2016 The Cultural Limits Of Legal Tolerance, Benjamin Berger, […]

  • Normative Jurisprudence

    Normative Jurisprudence Normative jurisprudence involves normative, evaluative, and otherwise prescriptive questions about the law. Freedom and the Limits of Legitimate Law Laws limit human autonomy by restricting freedom. (…) John Stuart Mill provides the classic liberal answer in the form of the harm principle: “[T]he sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,…

  • Common Topics

    Common Topics Arbitration Arms Control Bill of Exchange Cemeteries Church Church Properties Common Law Competition law Contracts Conventions Courts Criminal Procedure Customs Law Cybercrime Definitions Dictionaries Disarmament Elections Europe European Union Export Controls Export Law Exports Featured Foregin Policy Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy France GATT History Human Development Human rights Immunities Import Law Information Retrieval…

  • Natural Law Theory

    Main source: Finnis, John, "Natural Law Theories", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Definition of Legal Law Among the theories that define legal law there are: the theory of Hans Kelsen, who argues that law is […]

  • Theory of Divine Law

    John Finnis’ Theory of Divine Law The theory of divine law is a theory that there is some entity out there that created both legal laws and scientific laws. These types of laws are still separate, and in fact, people were well aware of this since at least the time of Plato and Aristotle. However,…

  • Legal Philosophy

    Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Truth And Politics: A Symposium On Peter Simpson's Political Illiberalism: A Defense Of Freedom., Gerard V. Bradley, Jan 2017 Emigres: Lost In A Sea Of Ignorance, Ronald C. Griffin, Jan 2017 Comments: When Psychology […]

  • Legal Philosophy

    Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References (Papers) Truth And Politics: A Symposium On Peter Simpson's Political Illiberalism: A Defense Of Freedom., Gerard V. Bradley, Jan 2017 Emigres: Lost In A Sea Of Ignorance, Ronald C. Griffin, Jan 2017 Comments: When Psychology […]

  • Political Obligation

    Political Obligation In relation to Legal Authority and Obligation, see also the entries about Legal Authority (here), Obligations in the Law (here) and Normativity of Law (here). A. P. D’Entrèves, in his 1968 paper titled “On the Nature of Political Obligation” (Philosophy 43 (166):309 – 323) argues that the phrase ‘political obligation’ is far more…

  • Political Obligation

    Political Obligation In relation to Legal Authority and Obligation, see also the entries about Legal Authority (here), Obligations in the Law (here) and Normativity of Law (here). A. P. D’Entrèves, in his 1968 paper titled “On the Nature of Political Obligation” (Philosophy 43 (166):309 – 323) argues that the phrase ‘political obligation’ is far more…

  • Nature of Law

    Nature of Law The Nature of Law and Legal Systems This section covers: Interpretivist Theories of Law Legal Positivism Natural Law Theory Legal Realism Mixed Theories of Law Books and Papers Josep Aguiló Regla (1990). Lenguaje jurídico, lenguaje documental y tesauro. Theoria 5 (1-2):31-65. The aim of this paper is twofold. On the one hand,…