Document Type
Article
Publication Title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF JURISPRUDENCE
Publication Date
2011
Abstract
This article argues that Platonic legal philosophy views positive law as justified only because of the problems inherent in human nature, and not, contra natural law thinkers, because of its rationality.
Recommended Citation
Brenner M. Fissell,
The Justification of Positive Law in Plato, 56 Am. J. Juris. 89
(2011)
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