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The Making of Law (1957)

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About this film

Explains the need for law, and discusses the kinds of law which men provide over and above natural or divine law. Compares the various kinds of law with the enforcement necessary to make them binding. Shows how penal codes and civil law define various types of offenses, and describes different law-making authorities. (Description from NET Film Service Catalog 1960)

Directors & creators

KGO-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Philosophy, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Natural Law, Divine Law, Positive Law, Human Law, Thomas Aquinas, Alexander Hamilton, Ten Commandments, Ethics, Morality, Legislation, Governance, Civil Law, Penal Code, Law Enforcement, Theology, Social Order, Justice, Great Ideas, Mortimer J. Adler

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