Leiden Law Faculty
Kant was also criticised by Friedrich Nietzsche, who rejected the precept of equality, and believed that law emanates from the need to energy, and cannot be labeled as “ethical” or “immoral”. There have been several attempts to supply “a universally acceptable definition of law”. In 1972, Baron Hampstead suggested that no such definition might be produced. McCoubrey and White said that the query “what’s law?” has no simple answer. Glanville Williams said that the meaning of the word “law” depends on the context in which that word is used. He said that, for instance, “early customary law” and “municipal law”…Continue Reading