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PHIL 106

CHUKA UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

EXAMINATION FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMUNITY


DEVELOPMENT

PHIL 106: LAW AND SOCIETY

STREAMS: COMM DEV (ODEL) TIME: 2 HOURS

DAY/DATE: THURSDAY 8/08/2019 2.30 P.M - 4.30 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS:
 Answer Question ONE and any other TWO Questions.
 Do not write on the Question Paper.

1. (a) Explain the following as related to law:


(i) Ordinance of reason [5 Marks]
(ii) Promulgation [5 Marks]
(iii) Common good [5
Marks]
(iv) One in charge of society [5 Marks]

(b) Discuss the relation between law and morality. [10 Marks]

2. (a) Elaborate on the relation between divine law, natural law and positive law. [10 Marks]
(b) Do the three types of laws differ in principle? [10 Marks]

3. Explain why you think justice is a necessary virtue of society. [20 Marks]

4. State and explain the necessary conditions for the legal justification of self-defense.
[20 Marks]

5. Discuss the claim that “due process of law presupposes some guarantee of the equality of
application of the law. [20 Marks]

6. Ignorantia juris neminem excusat, explain in details.


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