Formal legal rationality was seen by Weber as the peak of the process of disenchantment as it was viewed as a symbol of detachment from substantive value judgment. It finds its basis in general rules as opposed to being based on ad hoc assessments. ... Dworkin expects judges to exercise god-like powers as opposed to their human and finite imaginations (Antaki, 2012: 8). ... This is why Dworkin likens law to literature and encourages one to view it as such. ... Progressive thinkers view the law as a tool that can be used to improve certain aspects of the world (Antaki, 2012: 9). ...

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Citizens of good moral sense should vigorously oppose unjust government arrangements through peaceful resistance. ... Numerous scholars view non-violence as important to the legitimately of civil disobedience. ... To be sure, under specific conditions, our commitments are to oppose vile and out of line plans, and this can incorporate an obligation to resist the law (Delmas, forthcoming). ...

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Judges can use their discretion to interpret the laws that already exist, as long as the interpretation does not oppose with the language of the existing law. ... We can say that justice is applied when the judges use their laws impartially, irrespective with their personal view on the results. ...

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II Economic situation of Indonesia in 1998 In 1998, Indonesia's economy was very bad, and most people viewed Chinese as the cause. ... Among the ethnic Indonesians, people viewed that the Chinese occupied a position in the economy that was not appropriate with their population size. ...

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My own view is that in the case of a medical necessity, possibly, if there are no other alternatives, but in the case of recreational use absolutely not. ... In the same article, (Ingold, 2012) "Adams County District Attorney Don Quick, who opposes the initiative, agreed that 'African-Americans are over-represented in the criminal justice system. ... " In response to the information given above, I disagree with advocates view that prison overcrowding will improve with the legalizing of marijuana because, as recent research has shown, the number of marijuana related prisoners ...

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Austin: Positivist Identity of law: what makes the law the law Law (is) = Rules + (issued by a) Sovereignty. Rules = General Commands A command is an expression of a wish backed by a threat to inflict an evil (=sanction, like telling the child to get the toy is not a command unless it is backed b...

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Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Path of Law said "a thing which you have enjoyed and used as your own for a long time, whether property or an opinion, takes root in your being and cannot be torn away without your resenting the act and trying to defend yourself, however you came by it." That seems to be...

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Excerpts from John Locke [pp. 1-6], and Edmund Burke [pp. 7-11] from this document. This should be regarded as necessary reading for answering the Questions on Locke and Burke. Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or de...

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