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A Law Professor’S Guide To Natural Law And Natural Rights, Randy E. Barnett
A Law Professor’S Guide To Natural Law And Natural Rights, Randy E. Barnett
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Law professors nowadays mention natural law and natural rights on a regular basis, and not just in jurisprudence. Given that the founding generation universally subscribed to the idea of natural rights, this concept regularly makes a prominent appearance in discussions of constitutional law. One simply cannot avoid the concept if one is to explain Justice Samuel Chase's well-known claim in Calder v. Bull that "[t]here are certain vital principles in our free Republican governments, which will determine and over-rule an apparent and flagrant abuse of legislative power .... An ACf of the Legislature (for I cannot call it a law) …
Striving To Teach “Justice, Fairness, And Morality”, Jane H. Aiken
Striving To Teach “Justice, Fairness, And Morality”, Jane H. Aiken
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The MacCrate Report has reinvigorated legal education by identifying fundamental skills and values that are essential to effective lawyering. As we go through the process of ensuring that we train students in these fundamentals, we should not ignore the values identified in the report. At the heart of these values is the injunction that lawyers should strive to promote justice, fairness, and morality. Law schools and law teachers can play a significant role in instilling in our students a passion to ensure justice.