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Jurisprudence Part A "Do the Ends Justify the Means?"
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Jurisprudence Part A "Do the Ends Justify the Means?" Introduction As I thought more about this case "My mind became entangled in the meshes of the very nets I threw out for my own rescue"1 to use the words of Tatting in his Judgment. The imaginary case of the Speluncean explores by Lon Fuller raises fundamental questions about the relationship between law and government and the role of law and legal reasoning. Legal reasoning is paramount in this case. The five judgements each represent a different position on the forms and limits of law and legal reasoning as well as posing a sensitive ethical problem in a legal pretext. The Facts Five members of the Speluncean society after entering a cave become trapped due to a landslide. After waiting days they finally make contact over the radio with the outside world. The rescue team is still days away, the five companions decide that the only way...
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