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After the emotionally charged rally, a group ofapproximately 150 students marched to GriswoldHall to post their written ultimatum on Clark'soffice door. The students asked the dean toprovide within eight days a written explanation ofLaw School hiring policies...
Holmes' theory, as set in The Path ofLaw, holds that morality is not a sufficient,or even a necessary, condition for a law'sexistence. This, Souter explains, contradicts thetheory of natural law, which--through differentdefinitions of legality and morality that Holmesused--holds that laws are basically always moral...
...second chapter, Souter turns thespotlight on critics of positivism, and assessesthe natural law doctrine to which they adhere. Byexamining the theory's prominent writings, Souterconcludes that these theorists unknowingly agreewith Holmes on the four basic characteristics oflaw...
...ould the natural law thinkers simply acceptthe separation of law and morals? I think not...Ibelieve they would then substitute a concept oflaw which a priori included moral standards, or atleast reference to acceptance by the majority,"Souter wrote about the naturalists...
Beyond that, she is uncertain of what type oflaw she will want to practice--though she knowsshe does not want to work in a large corporatefirm...