Lju4801 Legal Philosophy 2022

LJU4801 - Legal Philosophy ASSIGNMENT 1 MEMO 2022. ASSIGNMENT 01 UNIQUE NUMBER: DUE DATE: 24 2022 For this assignment, you need to read the following article and answer the questions. The article can be found under Prescribed reading folder. Tsele M “Rights and religion; bias and beliefs: Can a judge speak God?” (2018) 43 (1) Journal for Juridical Sciences 1 – 25. 1. Give a concise summary of the author's viewpoint. Make sure you concentrate on legal philosophy and not so much legi...

Pre-Modern Legal Philosophies What is the meaning of natural law?  The idea that there is a real, pre-political set of rules that provide the yardstick against which human laws can be measured  Natural law is a metaphysical concept (not something physical)  Cannot be touched, seen or measured What is the meaning of the common good?  Here the assumption is that the community is more important than the individual  Terms such as “human rights” are inappropriate for this t...