UGS 303 1st Edition Outline of Last Lecture Lecture 17 I Aesop s opinion II Characteristics of a tyrant III Kinds of freedom Outline of Current Lecture I Socrates brushes with the law II Necessary features of law III Positive law Current Lecture I Socrates brushes with the law A Illegal trial of the generals 1 After battle of Arginusae 2 Socrates was randomly chosen as chairman of the council He ruled that the trial was illegal and therefore could not be put up to a vote The prosecutors threatened him with death and put it up to a vote anyway The generals were executed 3 This is why Nicias was scared of his own people B Arrest by the 30 Tyrants 1 Socrates refuses to cooperate The 30 ordered him to arrest a man and he said no C Trial of Socrates 1 Condemned for corrupting the youth 2 How could Athens kill its greatest thinker These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Crito 1 Socrates friend Crito breaks into the jail in which Socrates was being held after the trial and successfully bribes the jailers to let Socrates free 2 Socrates refuses to leave on the principle that it is unfair for the rich to have one law and the poor another To him the rule of law was so important that it would be wrong to violate it II Necessary features of law A Universal can t be bought B Is known or knowable no secret laws C Is legitimate made by legitimate authority D Is respected what good is a law no one obeys E Question Should we add police courts penalties to this list 1 Consider the laws of war and the laws of nations 2 Ancient Greeks had these but no courts III Positive law A Statutes courts procedures as opposed to natural law B Enables contracts marriages C Requires taxes services Forbids crimes
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