Selection Academy - Lectures on Law Selection Academy

Concepts are important as thinking tools at all levels be it academic, practical or legal philosophy. The three basic doctrines of legal positivism are : Pedigree Thesis or say Social Fact Thesis which emphasize that it is a necessary truth that legal validity is ultimately a function of certain kinds of social facts. The second doctrine of Conventionality Thesis claims that social facts give rise to legal validity and are authoritative in virtue of some kind of social convention. The third and the most important doctrine is Separability Thesis which further states that law and morality are conceptually different. Judges cannot incorporate moral requirements into law, they can only consider moral requirements in resolving certain unsettled questions of law but according to law. The most important questions of Analytical jurisprudence are "What are laws?" What is the relationship between Law and Power, Law and Morality.

A general understanding of the idea of Consent and Free Consent.

Equity is aimed at preventing a defendant from acting unconsciously (contrary to conscience) in circumstances otherwise where common law would have allowed to do so.

A journey from Fraud to Scam, from traditional identity theft to digital theft.
The vulnerabilities of modern youth and how they are honey trapped.

Time and again Medical Negligence has become an area of concern. We cannot expect any kind of negligence from medical professionals. In this podcast, I have explained how Supreme Court of India has made a shift from Bolam to Bolitho test.

Generally students get confused between Natural Law School and Philosophical/Ethical School. An effort has been made to clarify the doubt.