Riggs et al v Palmer

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This three page paper summarises the case of Riggs v Palmer as an example of a case that embodies the conflict between positivist law and natural law. This is a case where a grandson is a beneficiary of his grandfather's will, and murdered him in order to gain inheritance. The question is whether or not he should be allowed to inherit and benefit from his own wrong doing. The paper is based on a source provided by the student.