https://kumu.tru.ca/index.php?title=Course:Law3020/2014WT1/Group_R/Separation_Thesis&feed=atom&action=historyCourse:Law3020/2014WT1/Group R/Separation Thesis - Revision history2024-03-29T00:55:50ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.8https://kumu.tru.ca/index.php?title=Course:Law3020/2014WT1/Group_R/Separation_Thesis&diff=5265&oldid=prevPiaseckam13: /* Smith J.A. and Hall J.A. */2014-03-28T05:07:21Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Smith J.A. and Hall J.A.</span></span></p>
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</table>Piaseckam13https://kumu.tru.ca/index.php?title=Course:Law3020/2014WT1/Group_R/Separation_Thesis&diff=4719&oldid=prevPutnamm13: /* Applying the Separation Thesis to B.M. v British Columbiaibid */2014-03-27T15:01:16Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Applying the Separation Thesis to B.M. v British Columbiaibid</span></span></p>
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</table>Putnamm13https://kumu.tru.ca/index.php?title=Course:Law3020/2014WT1/Group_R/Separation_Thesis&diff=3133&oldid=prevPutnamm13 at 00:30, 25 March 20142014-03-25T00:30:08Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Hart's Separation Thesis ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Hart's Separation Thesis ==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "separation thesis" is easily understood as the assertion that law and morality operate within two distinctly separate spheres. Essentially, legal rules exist independently from moral beliefs. However, laws are incapable of being 100% prospective, and a scenario will inevitably arise where it becomes unclear whether or not the law applies. These scenarios become known as the "hard" cases; cases where a legal decision needs to be made, and it becomes up to the judge's discretion to decide what precisely is the "core" meaning of the law. But, how does a judge decide what falls inside or outside the core meaning of the law? This gap is the penumbra, an area where it is unclear if the particular case falls within the core of the law in which it is being tried. </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The "separation thesis" is easily understood as the assertion that law and morality operate within two distinctly separate spheres. Essentially, legal rules exist independently from moral beliefs. However, laws are incapable of being 100% prospective, and a scenario will inevitably arise where it becomes unclear whether or not the law applies. These scenarios become known as the "hard" cases; cases where a legal decision needs to be made, and it becomes up to the judge's discretion to decide what precisely is the "core" meaning of the law. But, how does a judge decide what falls inside or outside the core meaning of the law? This gap is the penumbra, an area where it is unclear if the particular case falls within the core of the law in which it is being tried. </div></td></tr>
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