reading Lon L. Fuller’s prominent classic The Case of the Speluncean Explorers. Fuller in his writing set up a hypothetical case in no more than thirty pages‚ up until now after around 70 years since it was published‚ legal scholars and students are still arguing and discussing the ideas presented in those few pages. In his essay‚ Fuller sets up a case of five explorers who were exploring one of the caves‚ when a landslide occurred closed the only entrance of the cave. The trapped explorers found
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Business Paper for Thursday January 29 What is law; The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers To define law is no simple task for any one person. To fully understand law and be able to define it‚ one must understand the foundational theories of law first before being able to accurately do so. Theories such as natural law‚ positive law‚ classical formalism‚ and legal realism all apply to the definition of law and “The Case Of The Speluncean Explorers” serves as a great study when analyzing each theory and
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The Speluncean Explorers Case is Lon L fuller’s‚ it was first published in the Harvard Law review in 1949‚ the focus of this theoretical case that I have gathered is to elucidate the opinions and theories of different judges. Taking into account these sagacious views‚ I have been able to come up with an evaluation of my own. The main question we’re dealing with out here is that of executive clemency‚ i.e. mercy or leniency; especially‚ the power of the President or a governor to pardon a criminal
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As a presiding judge in the case of the Speluncean Explorers‚ my verdict will strongly relate to judge Keen’s opinion. I find the defendants guilty for the murder of Roger Whetmore. The statute states that “whoever shall wilfully take the life of another shall be punished by death”. As a positivist‚ the law is unambiguous and direct. Firstly what is positivism? According to positivism‚ there is nothing intrinsically moral about the law. A law enacted by a legislature can be evil and immoral; there
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OPINION OF JUSTICE FOSTER Judge Foster it is said represents the alter-ego of Fuller. He represents the natural school[14] of jurisprudence. His opinion is the best written one of the five. Justice Foster expressed shock at hearing of Chief Justice Truepenny’s opinion. He argued that the Law of the Commonwealth is at stake if we try to textually apply the law in this case. According to him‚ the defendants when trapped in the cave were outside the jurisdiction of Commonwealth of Newgarth. VERDICT:
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Kim Fuller In the early fall of 2002‚ Kim Fuller was employed as a district sales engineer for a large chemical firm. During a routine discussion with plant chemists‚ Fuller learned that the company had developed a use for the recycled material‚ in pulverized form‚ made from plastic soda pop bottles. Because the state had mandatory deposits all beverage bottles. Fuller realized that a ready supply of this material was available. All that was needed was an organization to tap that bottle supply‚
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We assessed the strengths and weakness of each potential employee relative to the job description of assistant manager based on position requirements and have decided to interview Sharon Fuller‚ Lane Konrad and Lacey Drummond. The job description being a brief description of responsibilities‚ tasks and duties expected to be followed by the employee in that position (William‚ p. 223). The job description is a list of straight forward guidelines that employers are expecting the potential employees
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2_2 Leif Ericcson - an explorer who set sail in 990 to seek land that was seen in the distance. He landed in Helluland‚ Markland‚ and Vinaland. He just explored the territory and returned home. Christopher Columbus – a Spanish explorer who set sail in 1492 to search for a trade route to China. With three ships (Nina‚ Pinta‚ and Santa Maria)‚ he landed near present- day Bahamas. He brought back Native American slaves‚ tobacco‚ gold‚ potato corn‚ and silver to Spain. He went on a total of 4 trips
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Introduction Patton-Fuller Community hospital is committed to offering our patients innovative medical services. This is not possible if the financial staff does not take steps to ensure the relationship between sources and expenses reflect positive results. Understanding the differences between the audited and unaudited financial statements will allow the facility to balance its finances. We will evaluate the effects of revenue sources for planning and control. Examining the differences between
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Part 1: Certain characteristics‚ themes‚ and attitudes appear in the explorers we read about this week. In particular‚ among many other themes‚ there are interesting responses by each explorer to the Native Americans‚ the land‚ and the opportunities. Choose two from Columbus‚ deVaca‚ Champlain or Smith and discuss the themes and ideas you found most important. Part 2: Considering the readings of the explorers this week‚ if you were to bring the characteristics‚ themes‚ and attitudes
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