All societies have some sort of legal system. Why do we need laws? What makes a law or legal system just or unjust? Professor Robert George gives an overview of some of the important philosophical questions about what the law is, what it ought to be, and how we interpret it.

Robert P. George is McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

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