HD (89%) - 1st in course 2025 - Legal Theory Summary Notes

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HD notes used to learn the Legal Theory Course in 2025 - placed 1st in course and received 89% using these notes. Outlines key topics including: - Law, power obligation (positivism, Austin, Bentham) - Adjudication and role of judges (Hart v Fuller, indeterminacy, Dworkin and Natural Law) - Legal Realism and Critical Legal Studies (Llewellyn, Stone, Ratio Decidendi) - Rule of Law (Focault, Postcolonial criticisms, Krygier and substantive rule of law) - Rights and Democracy (Dworkin, liberal rights v communitarianism, Waldron, minority and group rights, constitutional rights, judicial review)