The Case of the Speluncean Explorers

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:author gptkb:Lon_L._Fuller
gptkbp:citation gptkb:62_Harv._L._Rev._616_(1949)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:genre gptkb:law
legal fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Case of the Speluncean Explorers
gptkbp:influenced legal education
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableFor exploring different judicial philosophies
presenting fictional judicial opinions
gptkbp:plotSummary A group of cave explorers trapped and forced to resort to cannibalism are tried for murder.
gptkbp:publicationYear 1949
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Harvard_Law_Review
gptkbp:setting gptkb:fictional_country_of_Newgarth
gptkbp:subject gptkb:law
positivism
natural law
morality and law
judicial reasoning
gptkbp:usedIn law school curricula
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lon_L._Fuller
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5