LPAB24 Jurisprudence - Exam Notes

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LPAB24 Jurisprudence Exam Notes. Perfect to study in a structured manner for a close book exam. Topics: * What is law? Formalism, Legal realism, positivism, Natural Law Theory, Critical legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Jurisprudence, Marxism, Dictatorships / Authoritarian regimes and the 'rule of law'. * Duty to Obey: Why do we obey the law? Are we obligated to obey unjust laws? Coercion (Austin/Bentham), Social Contract (Socrates, Hobbes, Locke, Rawls, Rousseau, Nozick), Integrity (Dworkin), morality / Natural Law (Acquinas/Fuller, Finnis), No obligation (Raz/Wolff/Thoreaux)... * Morals and Law: virtue ethics, consequentialism, non-consequentialist moral theories, utilitarianism, contractarianism, deontology, ethics of care, objectivists, Divine command theory. Moral Truths: skeptical/relativist, moral truth, morality and rational action * International law and is it law? * War and law: right to go to war, rights in war, rights after war * Crime and punishment: Why do we punish? justifications of punishment: retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, mix theories * Theories of Justice: liberalism, social contract theories (Locke, Rawls, Nozick * Law and probabilities Law and economics: efficiency, market failures, corrective justice, materialism * Law and property: moral views, utilitarianism, consequentialism,