LAWS2100 Notes

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These notes include all lectures and readings from weeks 1-12 including: 1. What is Jurisprudence? 2. LAW AND FORCE – AUSTIN VS HART 3. CONTEMPORARY POSITIVISM 4. NATURAL LAW THEORIES 5. FORMALISM VS PURPOSIVISM 6. HART VS DWORKIN 7. AMERICAN REALISM AND CRITICAL LEGAL STUDIES 8. DIFFERENCE 9. RIGHTS 10. FREEDOM 11. INEQUALITY 12. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE The required textbook is Denise Meyerson, Jurisprudence, Oxford University Press, 2011 as well as other readings on Leganto are included. The lecturer does not use powerpoint slides when she does her lecture which can get quite hard and annoying. These notes will be a vital asset. They helped me achieve an overall mark of 84.