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Why is it that the precedent of breaking a bad law might weaken the force, and lead to discretionary violation of those which are good?
It's an opinion expressed by Thomas Paine in his book 'Rights of Man'.
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When is a legal failing an injustice?
When is a legal failing, failing to apply the law, an injustice?
Some serious crimes, rape and murder being the most obvious, might well be injustices when not punished, simply becasue justice surely ...
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Has anyone tried the Rearden defense?
My question requires some context – please bear with me.
In Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged, industrialist Hank Rearden violates the so-called 'fair share' law by doing business with another character. ...
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Comparing Albert Camus and Karl Marx
My brother is lawyer. He likes reading philosophy and writing about law. He wants to find a source about a conflict ideas of revolution as you know Albert Camus and Karl Marx have. He wants to write ...
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What is wrong in the reasoning that someone's accidental death is justified by his troubled past? [closed]
It seems to challenge the idea of the justice system, but in a very subtle way. Are there other flaws with this reasoning?
Is the confusion between the idea of a greater power's justice (law of nature,...
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Who was first to say that justice is "to give each his due"?
May I know which Greek or Roman philosopher is the first to define justice as "giving each his due"? And what arguments have he put forward to justify this definition?
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