The document discusses several political and legal theories including how force can translate weakness into subjugation, Austin and Bentham's view of positive law and the sovereign, and Jennings' view of rule of law checking the arbitrary power of the sovereign. It also mentions normative science, some distorted worldviews, a belief in both power and democracy though feeling democracy done badly, and perspectives from Marxism about the economy being necessary for human good and no state being required after social revolution.
The document discusses several political and legal theories including how force can translate weakness into subjugation, Austin and Bentham's view of positive law and the sovereign, and Jennings' view of rule of law checking the arbitrary power of the sovereign. It also mentions normative science, some distorted worldviews, a belief in both power and democracy though feeling democracy done badly, and perspectives from Marxism about the economy being necessary for human good and no state being required after social revolution.
The document discusses several political and legal theories including how force can translate weakness into subjugation, Austin and Bentham's view of positive law and the sovereign, and Jennings' view of rule of law checking the arbitrary power of the sovereign. It also mentions normative science, some distorted worldviews, a belief in both power and democracy though feeling democracy done badly, and perspectives from Marxism about the economy being necessary for human good and no state being required after social revolution.