"Shall not the Judge of the Earth Deal Justly?": Accountability, Compassion, and Judicial Authority in the Biblical Story of Sodom and Gomorrah
In his article, Unspeakable Ethics, Unnatural Law, Arthur Leff laments the death of God in jurisprudence. According to Leff, divine commands are the only source of law that is ultimately justifiable. "[T]he pronouncements of an omniscient, omnipotent, and infinitely good being are [by definitio...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2002
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2002, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-55 |
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