The Case of the Speluncean Explorers 01/21/2007 03:58 PM « zurück © 1949 by Harvard Law Review Vol. 62‚ No. 4‚ February 1949 The Harvard Law Review Association Cambridge‚ Mass.‚ U.S.A. THE CASE OF THE SPELUNCEAN EXPLORERS by LON L. FULLER IN THE S UPREME COURT OF NEWGARTH ‚ 4300 The defendants‚ having been indicted for the crime of murder‚ were convicted and sentenced to be hanged by the Court of General Instances of the County of Stowfield. They bring a petition of error before
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THE CASE OF THE SPELUNCEAN EXPLORERS FACTS A group of 5 including the 4 defendants and Roger Whetmore had entered into a limestone cavern. A landslide occurred and the boulders blocked the only entrance of the cave. When they discovered the problem‚ the 5 settled themselves on the obstructed entry until a rescue part could rescue them. Employers had left indicators at the headquarters of the society about where the cavern was. On the failure of their return‚ a rescue party was dispatched. The
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After reading the opinions of various judges in the case of The Speluncean Explorers‚ I found the arguments of Justice Foster well justified. Hence‚ I agree with him the most. He believes that the four explorers are innocent of any crime and rests his conclusion on two grounds. Firstly‚ Justice Foster takes the view that positive law cannot be applied to the case. Instead‚ he states that law of nature should govern the case. Men’s co existence in a society is essential for the application of positive
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The case of the Speluncean explorers Student No: 2753833 Course: Law‚ Government and Policy Due Date: 22 September‚ 2011 Date Submitted: 22 September‚ 2011 Word Count: 1‚925 words The case of the Speluncean explorers The purpose of this essay is to critically analyse one of the five judgments in the case of the Speluncean explorers. There will be three main parts to this essay. First‚ five key aspects that were evident
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Ethics and Corporate Governance The case of Speluncean Explorers Submitted by: Anjum Thobani - 2012195 Bhumica Somani - 2012204 Hardikkumar Sojitra - 2012211 Rahul Gupta - 2012229 Saurabh Ajmera - 2012234 Subhasis Das - 2012244 Anuj Gupta - 2012252 1. What is the context/background in which this incident occurred? How does
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Question 1 Write a short summary of the facts of the case-.i.e.‚ what happened to the spelunkers The facts of the case from judge Truepenny‚C.J. The case of the Speluncean Explorers came about after five members of the Speluncean Society became trapped in a cave they were exploring after a landslide .this event occurred in May‚4299 in the Central Plateau of this Commonwealth. After they failed to return home their families notified the Secretary of the Society‚ who then sent a rescue team to
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In the case of the reimagined ending of the film and book ‘Life of Pi’‚ in the setting of the judges from ‘The Case of the Speluncean Explorers’‚ by Lon L. Fuller‚ 62 Harvard Law Review 616‚ I feel that the defendant‚ Pi Patel is not guilty of the act of murder. The assignment‚ as was given‚ recounts the alternative story given by Pi to the Japanese insurance authorities when questioned about his survival. Although his story with the animals is what is supposed to be real‚ one can also view it as
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Katie Rush July 6th‚ 2010 Intro to Philosophy The Strange Case of the Speluncean Explorers This prompt poses many moral questions. My immediate‚ intuitive response was that the four defendants were guilty of the crime of Roger Whetmore’s murderer. If you look at the question as simply and literally‚ “Did they willfully take the life of another?‚” the only possible answer is yes. However‚ the circumstances surrounding this problem were extreme‚ and that forces one to consider other factors
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The Case of the Speluncean Explorers: Interpretation of the Contracts Tang Jun I Lon Fuller’s The Case of the Speluncean Explorers is a hypothetical case‚ a thought experiment composed of perfect scenarios presenting jurisprudence of different schools. The 14 judges argue against each other with various legal grounds to acquit or convict the defendants. Their disputes dominantly focus on three points. The first issue is
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The Case of the Speluncean Explorers The group is expected to look at the case and find answers for the points raised herein. 1. What is the context/background in which this incident occurred? How does it affect the decision making? 2. In the decision making situation‚ how can a balance be brought about between the necessity for a decision and the rights of some people on whose behalf such decisions are being taken? Can a decision be made for another? When and how? 3. Can
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