Law and Politics Test Study Guide

Legal positivism says that law is what those in power choose to do.

_: a legal view that keeps actions as lawful only if honest to the god within & unlawful if forced by outside authority

_: an ideology that seeks to advance interests of particular groups who are victims of injustice due to their identities

Muslims do not spend much energy discussing law, justice, and judgment.

__: a system of laws shaped by communist party officials that are intended to promote the interests of the working class

__: a philosophy that upholds individual liberty as that highest good

To New Spiritualists personal power leads to transformation on a global scale including national and political ones

__: a legal system in which courts reach legal decisions based upon judicial precedent reached by common  sense & reason

_____________: the belief that a just society should seek to redistribute its citizens' resources equally among everyone

To Secularists the idea of law based on God’s revelation is a means of stopping workers & society to be communist

_____________: the Marxist ideal of classless utopian society in which all property is commonly owned.

_____________: the study of ordinances designed to help citizens coexist peacefully

It is a human paradox that to be free we must abide by laws that constrain our freedom.

If this idea of __________ the law rather than understanding it sounds familiar, it’s because it is.

____________________: the area of law governing remedies for those wronged by others, such as through negligence.

_________________: the practice of deconstructing laws in order to discover their subjective meaning and biased intent

Law cannot be discussed in isolation from other aspects of a ____________.

__: the belief that laws are rules created by humans authorities & is no necessary connection between law & morality

In the Western tradition, legal writings form a body of what is called case law.

_________________: the administrative aspect of the law that focuses on ensuring safety and efficiency

________: the belief that human beings are inherently sinful and government is necessary to secure peace

Message: u see our power & what happens to those who resist. Convert to Christianity now & secure peace for yourselves.

_________: derived primarily from the Quran and hadith, it is the moral & legal code that governs the lives of Muslims.

____________: the belief that human beings and society are social constructions shaped by law and subjective experience

The pursuit of happiness is the solution cause our idea of happiness has everything to do with living morally

If others have used the law to illegitimately gain power Postmodernists dont feel bad about using the law to get it back

Christian law consists of how many basic precepts?

This denial of natural _____________ leads to a denial of natural law

________________: non-Muslims living in Islamic states.

___________: the belief that human beings are inherently good and can be perfected under the right political conditions

_: a system of government based on respect for precedent limited government, a strict interpretation of the constitution

The message is clear: if there is no love of liberty on the ______________, there will be no law of liberty in the land.

_: the belief that political systems can be used to create economic prosperity, minimize risk, and advance society

Distributive Justice assumes that a majority the planet’s population who may not want to go along with the program

Christian law is meant to stabilize society by ensuring victims are protected & criminals are punished

_: a government system based upon the belief that individual & social ills are best improved through direct government

___________________: the rule of oneself; self-government

__________________: the belief that laws are rules based upon on an internal code of morality possessed by all people

_: an economic system in which the means of production are owned by private citizens rather than by the government

Christian worldview sees government as an institution established by God to promote security and justice

______________: the study of community governance

Secularists are baffled by resistance by nations to the idea of world government

_: a political system in which a highly centralized government holds the concentration of economic controls and planning

_____________: the abolition of private property. 

Even if Jesus’s words and actions do not form an ideology of ___________, they clearly do form a theology of engagement.

_: the belief that one wants a society for either an implicit or explicit agreement with their government by citizens