ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
3. Provides us a broader freedom of choice
Law v. Justice - Answers✔The law is not always just.
Natural Law - Answers✔1. Older based on religion
2. Second based on rationality.
Religious natural law - Answers✔In ancient times, religious leaders usually held power and
made their beliefs into law, I.E. eternal and immutable truths
Rational Natural Law - Answers✔The assumption that rational people will arrive at basic
principles of justice.
Natural Law Today - Answers✔1. The Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776)
2. The constitution Act, 1982
Declaration of Independence - Answers✔-All men created equal
-God given rights
-Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
The Constitution Act, 1982 - Answers✔Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that
recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.
Positive Law - Answers✔Clearly distinguished between physical laws and normative laws.
Physical Laws - Answers✔Laws if nature for studying the natural sciences, I. E. Law of gravity.
Normative Laws - Answers✔Laws of human conduct that govern our behaviour.
Laws v. Morals - Answers✔Distinguishing between the law that "is" and the rules that "ought" to
be observed.
Legal Positivism - Answers✔Asserts that law must come from a person or group of persons
holding power over the general population.
R. V. Dudley and Stephens (1884) QBD. 273. - Answers✔Sailors trapped at sea ate one of their
shipmates in order to survive.
Legal codes - Answers✔I.e. criminal code of canads
Binding codes - Answers✔Legal professions act
Voluntary codes - Answers✔Advertising code of conduct
Self-imposed codes - Answers✔Codes of ethics
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