Towards the Deconstruction of Legal Relativism

Authors

Philip E. Hesch, Law Firm of Rosenberg & Hesch
Christopher J. Grabarek, Porter County Prosecutor's Office, Indiana

First Page

349

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The purpose of this Article is to examine the Relativist's position, extract the positive elements, and synthesize those elements into a new model of jurisprudence grounded in natural law. Out of this will flow a conceptual framework that allows both reason and empirical observations to be used in evaluating competing "moral" or legal postulates. Part Two of this Article focuses on how crises in science and metaphysics, which are similar to the current conceptual crisis in jurisprudence, were reconciled. Part Three outlines a new model of jurisprudence based on the insights detailed in Part One.

Recommended Citation

Philip E. Hesch & Christopher J. Grabarek, Towards the Deconstruction of Legal Relativism, 6 St. Thomas L. Rev. 349 (1994).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol6/iss2/5