An introduction to precedent that discusses horizontal and vertical precedent; persuasive and binding precedent; and the arguments for and against precedent.
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Moral Luck and Legal Responsibility
Moral luck: when an agent partakes in, regardless of a positive or negative outcome, some some action or is involved in some event that occurred by mere chance or circumstance. In example, when a child is struck by a car because a driver was distracted by some rare event that unfolded on the radio, the driver is said to be morally unlucky. In such an example of moral luck, both ethicists and legal scholars have to think carefully about moral luck and the role it plays in legal responsibility and moral culpability. So how do they do it?
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How Laws Benefit Society
How do laws benefit society? What are the advantages of law? These questions, though often taken for granted in public discourse, require some explanation. Why do we have laws?
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3 Reasons Why Laws Are Important
Why are laws so important, anyways? Read why these 3 reasons demonstrate the importance of law, to the point where a lawless society seems incoherent.
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3 Ways To Interpret Law: How Law is Interpreted
Laws are not objective, but they’re also not arbitrary. I provide an in-depth analysis of how to interpret laws, and the problems faced when doing legal interpretation.
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Introduction to Legislation
A detailed, easy-to-read, and short summary of how the legislative branch is structured, what the purpose of legislation is, and how legislation is created.
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The Different Types of Courts
The U.S. Judicial system is quite complex and full of nuance. There are distinctions between trial and appellate courts, and there are also distinctions between federal and state judiciaries. Learn those differences.
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The Purpose of Judicial Law
A short-overview of the functions and purpose of judicial law, and how the judiciary serves society.
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