What are some cases that made a profound impact on the legal sphere? Ranging from land law to criminal procedure - check out each brief mind map to get to know how the courts' decision on some of these difficult questions! Credits The information provided above is all credited to Alan C. Hutchison's Is Eating People Wrong. P.S. If you are really interested in exploring the world of common law, make sure to check out his book!! #notes #introduction

What are other legal theories are there? Law, rules, sovereigns seem to be quite dull... Are there any other EXCITING theories?! Realism opposes formalism (law is determinate) two types of realism: American (rule-sceptic) and Scandinavian (metaphysic-sceptic) American Realism seen as behaviorist - "outward manifestation of mental processes" founding father, Oliver Wendell Holmes "The common law is not a brooding omnipresence in the sky, but the articulate voice of some sovere

(aka Sociological Legal Theory) Now we have read a lot about how philosophers endeavor to dissect what "law" meant, how about how law interacts with our society? Why did capitalism arise and how does equality and freedom play a role in it? Carry on to learn more! Emile Durkeim (1859-1917) due to society's movement from religion to secularism, the law is less concerned about punishment than compensation punishment -(derived from)→ crime → common conscience types of social soli

Where do our 'rights' come from? Why is everyone claiming 'rights' right now? How do we differentiate individual demands from fundamental rights? How do we balance the cost that upholding a specific right brings to us? Main Theories for the Evolvement of Right 'Will' Theory - rights protect my freedom to choose at my will received criticisms: this means that other's duty is waived. But couldn't law limit some rights waved while still keeping substantive rights? consider a chi

Is it possible for morality to be incorporated in the judgment of law? Doesn't the judge adjudicate a case based on their perspective? Won't that involve morality? But didn't I just learn from the legal positivist that morality should nowhere come close to law? Head on to read more about Dworkin, who... 'No one has yet effectively attacked his theories of law and politics on the grand scale as Hart did on Bentham..." ~ Stephen Guest from Ronald Dworkin Ronald Dworkin (1931-20

Have you ever wondered whether law is able to extract itself from the idea of "right and wrong" (hence morality)? Do social norms (i.e., laws that are not written black and white and officially affirmed by the sovereign) count as law? What happens when an unjust law is being established by a sovereign - do citizens have the obligation to follow it? Image extracted from "Legal rights are not all right: when morality and the law collide" They are sometimes being criticized as p

Have you ever thought of if there is a higher norm above laws that our government has passed? What happens if our government passes an unjust law? Check out what previous legal scholars have said on the topic of natural rights! Feel free to comment on what you think. Image from National Review, The American Understanding of Natural Rights Aquinas (1225-74) - what is reasonable? distinguishes eternal law (God), divine law (scripture), natural law (by reason), human law we have

Evolved through common law, later European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), then Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). 💡 The right to privacy is not officially established in the UK even after ECHR. It only became effective when HRA 1998 (i.e., incorporated into UK's legislation) was passed. The concept of privacy is first associated with the right to not be forced against their will in their house (similar to U.S. Fourth Amendment - illegal search and seizure) “The house of every