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1997

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Non-Representational Jurisprudence: A Centennial Reading Of "The Path Of The Law", Robert E. Rodes Jan 1997

Non-Representational Jurisprudence: A Centennial Reading Of "The Path Of The Law", Robert E. Rodes

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This paper analyzes particular passages in Holmes's famous lecture, and notes important inconsistencies and failings in his approach. After arguing strongly that moral considerations should not enter into legal judgments, he criticizes legal judgments in the light of moral considerations. After defining law as a prediction of what the courts will do, he seems to criticize courts for getting the law wrong in their decisions. His advice to learn the legal profession by studying law from the standpoint of a bad man leaves out of account the numerous potential clients who wish to be law abiding citizens and to seal …


Good Of Marriage And The Morality Of Sexual Relations, John M. Finnis Jan 1997

Good Of Marriage And The Morality Of Sexual Relations, John M. Finnis

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This article examines the morality of sexual relations, referencing the views of many other scholars on the subject including Aquinas, Grisez, Noonan, and Koppelman.