Philo of Law Course Outline 07122023
Philo of Law Course Outline 07122023
COLLEGE OF LAW
Biglaang-awa St., 11th Avenue, Caloocan City
Philosophy of Law
1st Semester, SY 2023 – 2024
I. - Class Requirements:
A. Film Reflection Papers1 (5 @ 10%) = 50%
B. Quiz(zes)/Recitation = 20%
C. Thesis / Term / Research paper = 30%
A. Philosophy and Law: * A Few Good Men (1992: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson)
B. LEGAL POSITIVISM:
4) Herbert Leonel Adolphus Hart. “Positivism & the Separation of Law & Morals”
5) H.L.A. Hart. “A New Conception of Law”; The Concept of Law
6) Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972);
7) Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
* The Chamber (1996: Chris O’Donnell, Gene Hackman: argue for the State)
C. LEGAL MORALISM:
8) Lon. L. Fuller.
“The Problem of the Grudge Informer” (The Morality of Law);
9) Lon. L. Fuller.
“The Morality that Makes Law Possible” (The Morality of Law);
10) “The Dilemmas of Judges Who Must Interpret Immoral Laws”
Joel Feinberg.
11) Riggs v. Palmer, 115 N.Y. 506 (1889)
* A Time To Kill (1996: Matthew McConaughey, Samuel Jackson: argue for the State)
D. LEGAL REALISM:
12) John Chipman Gray. “The Law”; The Nature and Sources of Law
13) Jerome Frank. “Realism and the Law”; Law and the Modern Mind
14) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. “The Path of the Law”
15) Alonzo v. Tecla Padua and IAC, G.R. 72873 (28 May 1987)
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long bond paper; times new roman; 14 font size; 1 ½ space; submission by individual, pair, or group of up to three persons only