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Dabin (lawyer)

Dabin Chung is an American-qualified lawyer and partner at Mayer Brown LLP, a global law firm headquartered in Chicago with offices worldwide. Based in New York, she specialises...

September 28, 2014

Who was Gustav Radbruch and what was his legal philosophy?

Gustav  Radbruch was a German jurist and philosopher who as a reaction against the horrors of Nazi period expounded the doctrine of ‘higher law’ and morality of law’...

September 28, 2014

Who was Del Vecchio and what was the aim of this theory of natural law?

Del Vecchio was an Italian jurist who connects human spirit and human reason by emphasising that evaluation of human spirit has been for the human spirit leading to...

September 28, 2014

How can a conflict between the natural law and positive law be resolved, according to Geny?

Geny is of the view that in any conflict between the natural and positive law the lawyer is in principle bound by positive law. But, Geny does not...

September 28, 2014

What is the contribution of Francois Geny to the revival of natural law?

Stammler’s philosophy of natural law with a variable content greatly influenced Francois Geny. He is the foremost jurist of new natural law. He also gave the importance to...

September 28, 2014

Who was Joseph Kohler and why he was against materialistic legal interpretation?

Joseph Kohler was a disciple of Hegal, who vehemently protests materialistic legal interpretation. He says, a unity of spirit rules mankind and evolutionary forces its way out of...

September 28, 2014

What is the main theme of Stammler’s theory of natural law?

The main theme of Stammler’s theory of natural law is to provide a standard for determining the justice of a given law. According to him ‘’all positive law...

September 28, 2014

Why did Stammler ridicule the efforts of setting out a body unchangeable valid rules of universal application?

Stammler ridiculed the efforts of setting out a body unchangeable valid rules of universal application and proclaimed that there cannot be universal rules because content of such rules...

September 28, 2014

Who was Rudolf Stammler and to what extent are his views similar to that of Kant?

Rudolf Stammler (1856-1938) was a professor of Roman law in various German universities and he attained distinction of being a neo-Kantian. Like Kant he rejected the natural lawyers’...

September 28, 2014

What led to the revival of natural law?

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a revival of the ‘natural law’ theories took place. The two main reasons which led to the revival of natural law...

September 28, 2014

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