Question

Alice loves all animals and is starting a new grooming business for dogs. She believes that animals are very important and plans to exceed any applicable regulations regarding cleanliness and health standards. Alice thinks some local regulations make no sense. For example, there is a local ordinance that all dogs must be kept on a leash at all times when not in a fenced area. Although Alice lives on a large lot with plenty of room for dogs to run free, she plans to obey the leash regulation and all others. She is aware, however, that members of the community have had success in changing local regulations by petitioning city council. Alice plans to proceed in that manner to attempt a change in the leash law. Alice's idea that dogs have basic rights, and her plan to exceed laws involving cleanliness and health standards is rooted in which of the following?A. Legal positivism.
B. The historical school.
C. Legal realism.D. Natural law.
E. Cost-benefit analysis.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Natural law.

Explanation:

As a concept, natural law states that everyone, including people, animals and all other living things, e.g. trees, have God given or natural rights. These rights include our right to live and be free, and are not established by any law created by humans, instead we (and the rest of living creatures) are born with them. Laws made by human societies have no right to interfere or break natural laws, since natural laws are the basis of all other laws.

Some people believe that natural law only applies to humans, but others, e.g. ecologists and animal lovers, believe that they apply to all living creatures.