Jurisprudence Course

1) Justice in Law; 2) Minimum content of the Natural Law; 3) Normative Legal Positivism

1) Formalism and open texture; 2) Rule skepticism; 3) Fuller’s critique

1) Rules vs Principles; 2) Principles in hard cases; 3) Exclusive vs Inclusive Legal Positivism

1) Hart’s solution to Chicken-Egg Puzzle and Hume’s Challenge; 2) Are Social Rules Social Practices?; 3) Expressing Yourself Legally (plus: Roast Chicken recipe)

1) Intro to Rule of Recognition; 2) Properties of the Rule of Recognition; 3) The Rule of Recognition Rules

1) Duty, Command, Custom; 2) Sovereignty as habit; 3) Internal Point of View

1) Power conferring rules; 2) Nullities as Sanctions; 3) Kelsen’s theory

1) How is legal authority possible; 2) Hume’s Puzzle; 3) Austin’s theory of law

1) What is “What is law”? 2) Legal Facts 3) Positivism vs Natural Law

Introduction