Natural Law & the Liberal (Libertarian) Society | Dr Ben O'Neill
Channel: LibertyAus
Date: 12/04/2012

Dr Ben O'Neill at the 2011 Mises Seminar in Sydney (http://mises.org.au).

1:24 — Introduction
4:38 — Jurisprudence
5:55 — The Positivist Theory of Law:

6:33 - Standard Legal Positivism ("Laws are commands of the powerful") (Austin)
8:42 - (Agents Must Follow “rules of recognition”) (Hart)
12:18 - Legal Realism ("Laws are the actions of the enforcers. “Law” is what judges do.") (Holmes)
14:34 - Interpretative Theory ("Laws are the best ex-post facto rationalisations for the past actions of the powerful") (Dworkin).

17:30 — Summary: Positivist Theories of Law
19:50 — Positivism and Unjust Laws
20:30 — Slavery and Positivism
24:07 — The Natural Theory of Law
30:00 — Semantics: which is natural law?
34:58 — Conclusion