Optional Assignment #1 H.L.A Hart in section 3 of “Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals” addresses a second critique of the separation theory-there is no necessary connection between law and morality-that comes from American legal realists. Hart describes the dichotomy that exists between deciding legal cases in an automatic or mechanical way and deciding cases by reference to social purposes show that the insistence on the separation theory is incorrect. He describes legal problems that exist in the law as problems of the penumbra where there has not been a prior legal interpretation or the situation is in a gray area of the law. An example of this would be if a law prohibited vehicle use on public sidewalks. Would bicycles, skateboards, or roller blades be considered vehicles in addition to cars? Hart argues that those who view the judicial making process as strictly deductive are delusional, because in these penumbra situations, judges need to consult moral theories-what the law ought to be-when making their decisions and cannot simply reach their decision through deductive reasoning. However, just because a judge thinks that the word “vehicle” ought to include x, y, or z, this doesn’t necessarily mean he is referring to moral principles. When judges make decisions in these penumbra situations they are acting with legislative authority when no precedent exists because they are making a choice between different interpretations of how law …show more content…
The term ought Hart describes as the mere existence of some criticism standard. Hart further refuses the idea of revise the definition of what a legal rule is. He states that holding on the utilitarian separation theory requires that law is settled in meaning and requires no further interpretation as it can be applies mechanically to any
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What is a model? “A model is a simplified representation of reality it does not constitute reality itself. Models purposely ignore certain aspects of reality and focus on selected and related sets of crucial factors” (Segal and Spaeth 2002). In this paper, I will be discussing the three models and which model explains how justices behave the best: the legal model, the attitudinal model, and the rational model. The legal model justices vote on their preference but when given the opportunity they would vote to overturn the precedent because it does not fit their personal opinions. The attitudinal model justices are provided with the best prediction on a given case to determine how to vote. The rational model is the last model that feeds off the other models. The justices for this model vote on their preferences and not on sides. I will describe how each model links into each other.
In addition to this, the analysis of law was not considered thoroughly during judicial decisions. Therefore, the court uses backward reasoning where it uses the expected results it wants to deduce to make decisions. Such activities in the justice department have a lot of impediments to the impartiality of judicial system. The rights of the criminal in many instances are affected by the use of such methods to deliver justice. According to Marshall, the legal analysis used to determine the outcome of the courts has reduced since the changes in the judicial system. The rights of the individuals have significantly reduced with the changes in the court system because only the nine judges are privy to the outcome of the court proceedings; they are also not liable to the questions that may be raised about the legality of their
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In this essay, I will describe the elements of a criminal act, address the law of factual impossibility, the law of legal impossibility, and distinguish whether the alleged crime in the scenario is a complete but imperfect attempt or an incomplete attempt. I will address the ethical or moralistic concerns associated with allowing a criminal defendant to avoid criminal responsibility by successfully asserting a legal defense such as impossibility. The court was clearly wrong to dismiss the charge against Jack of attempted murder of Bert.
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The central aim of this essay will be to support the legal-positivist that law and morality are strictly separable. In its simplest form many understand legal positivism to be the existence and content of law, which depends on social facts, and not on its merits. I will engage closely with the work of John Austin and his concept of law, which offered a developed and progressive piece of work from Bentham, focusing on Austin’s The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) in order to demonstrate one of the earlier accounts of legal positivism. By exploring Austin’s theory of sovereignty, in which he outlines that in every state there exists an authority to which a large mass of citizens show compliance, I will address the consideration that