The Five Schools at a Glance — KSLU Jurisprudence Notes

The Five Schools at a Glance

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    ROOT --> A["Natural Law<br/>(law = higher morality;<br/>Aquinas, Grotius, Fuller)"]:::leaf
    ROOT --> B["Analytical / Imperative<br/>(law = sovereign's command;<br/>Austin, Hart, Kelsen)"]:::leaf
    ROOT --> C["Historical<br/>(law grows from Volksgeist;<br/>Savigny, Maine)"]:::leaf
    ROOT --> D["Sociological<br/>(law = social engineering;<br/>Pound, Ihering, Duguit)"]:::leaf
    ROOT --> E["Realist<br/>(law = what courts do;<br/>Holmes, Llewellyn, Frank)"]:::leaf

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