Why Do We Obey the Law? Hart & Dworkin
Channel: mohsenalattar1
Date: 2013-10-20

Must we obey the law? I suspect the answer for most is yes. This makes sense since the alternative -- a society where people pick and choose which laws they wish to be bound by -- sounds somewhat chaotic. Yet, not all agree as instances of civil disobedience the world over demonstrate on a daily basis.

The following clip is PART III in a series on obedience (and disobedience) to the law. Hart, a positivist, and Dworkin, a natural law theorists approach legal theory from distinct, possibly competing, perspectives. In this clip, I attempt to highlight some of the key features of their respective theories.