As a law student, you will be expected to read many articles, journals, magazines, or textbooks. E.g. in England these seven subjects, with EU law substituted for international law, make up a “qualifying law degree”. For criticism, see Peter Birks’ poignant comments attached to a previous version of the Notice to Law Schools Archived 20 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
- Bentham and Austin argued for law’s positivism; that real law is entirely separate from “morality”.
- Manu’s central philosophy was tolerance and pluralism, and was cited across Southeast Asia.
- In post-modern theory, civil society is necessarily a source of law,
