Origins of Natural Law | Jurisprudence

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M. Freeman, Lloyd’s Introduction to Jurisprudence (Sweet & Maxwell, 2014).
R. Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Legal Theory (Oxford University Press, 2020).
J. Penner & E. Melissaris, McCoubrey & White’s Textbook on Jurisprudence (Oxford University Press, 2012).
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[@masamune9082]

Thanks for the lesson! My professor teaches legal philosophy really horribly lol despite him graduating in second honors from Geneva institute.

[@charlesbrianowusuayim9956]

I learned more about Socrates and legal positivism then i did Plato and Natural Law. How does his dialogue in "The Republic" about a benevolent dictatorship and training people from birth to become philosopher kings relate to natural law or show his inclination to natural law? Also, You noted at the beginning of the video that Plato's understanding of the Law, as well as moral obligation, has a number of different elements to it. This element are, Plato's concept of law in "The Republic" and also the impact of the death of socrates. I am afraid this video did not explain how socrates dead affected plato's understanding of the law as something which was intrinsically moral. Thank you.

[@nathan4169]

I believe that the dialogue in The Republic relate to natural law through the belief that there are inherent principle of justice & morality that's able to be discerned through reason. As I see it, natural law rests upon the fact that there exists objective moral truths, and in The Republic, there are philosopher kings that embody moral justice. I could be interpreting the text wrong, thought that's what I had picked up from the lecture and the text. I do agree with the point on the lack of clarification within the video between Socrates' death & Plato's understanding of the law. More insight to that would have been nice

[@GlennHarris1to1]

I do wonder whether Socrates would’ve been such a willing martyr to the rule of law if he had not been a man in the twilight of his life.

[@thelawacademy1]

This is a good point! Of course this would challenge, to some extent, the mythos of Socrates as being unafraid of death and willing to sacrifice everything for his principles :)

[@ARMOR_MASTER]

This could be interpreted as the so called “Roman Law?”…