Decisions, Structure, and Natural Law

Euthanasia and natural law.

End of life decisions and the law.

On 17 October 2004, Mr Isaac Messiha, 75 years of age, was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) following an out of hospital cardiac arrest. It was estimated that 25 minutes had elapsed before the arrival of ambulance officers and the commencement of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Some Consequences of Natural Law in Syntactic Structure

In this paper, we note that a number of unexplained and stipulative properties of the grammar (such as the Generalized Extended Projection Principle, Binary Branching, Labeling) find a functional explanation, if we view them as correlates of a general desire for the grammar to maximize trees in such a way that they result in a Fibonacci-like sequence of maximal categories. Further, we note that...

“natural” Law Revisited

articulates a view of natural law that is reflected in how judges apply the law to decide cases. This view, he argues, is different from the traditional metaphysical view of natural law, which says that what the law is must be determined by what the law ought to be. He argues that his view of natural law insists that the content of law may sometimes depend on the correct answer to some moral qu...

Natural Law and the Law of Nations: Some Theoretical Considerations

I will argue here that the law of nations, the jus gentium, in fact lies at the heart of many crucial modern social and political issues. NATURAL LAW AND THE LAW OF NATIONS: SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS James V Schall, S.J. * Adjus gentium pertinent ea quae derivantur ex lege naturae sicut conclusiones ex principiis, ut justae emptiones, venditiones, et alia hujusmodi, sine quibus homines ad...