Objective Law
Date:
Jan 01, 1962
In this interview, Rand responds to questions about the nature and purpose of law. She discusses the crucial differences between objective and non-objective law, the principles governing rules of evidence, capital punishment, the scope of judicial discretion, and preventive laws, among other subjects.
The following topics are discussed:
- Why the purpose of law is to establish principles of social conduct that respect individual rights;
- The crucial difference between objective laws, which are clearly defined and graspable, and non-objective laws, which lack specific definition and are open to arbitrary interpretation;
- How non-objective laws permit implementation of increasing controls over the economy;
- The range of discretion that can properly be allowed to judges;
- Ignorance of the law as a defense against criminal charges;
- The invalidity of "preventive" laws;
- The standards by which rules of evidence are to be established;
- The problem of capital punishment
- The injustice of contradictory laws;
- How the law applies to children and the insane.
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1
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