Natural law (Latin: ius naturale, lex naturalis) is a system of law based on a close observation of natural order and human nature, from which values...

The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a political party in Michigan. It was a national political party in the United States affiliated with the international...

The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation", the laws of nature, and their application...

Look up natural law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Natural law is law that exists independently of the positive law of a given political order, society...

of three kinds of laws: divine law, natural law, and man-made law. Theologians have substantially debated the scope of natural law, with the Enlightenment...

Natural Law and Natural Rights (1980; second edition 2011) is a book by John Finnis first published by Oxford University Press, as part of the Clarendon...

force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature; occult, paranormal" or "more than what is natural or ordinary; unnaturally or extraordinarily...

New natural law (NNL) or new natural law theory (NNLT) is a school of Catholic thought based on natural law, developed by Germain Grisez and John Finnis...

The Natural-law argument for the existence of God states that the observation of governing laws and existing order in the universe indicates the existence...

Lysander (1882). Natural Law; or The Science of Justice: A Treatise on Natural Law, Natural Justice, Natural Rights, Natural Liberty, and Natural Society; Showing...

distinguish two types of rights, natural rights and legal rights. Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular...

The Natural Law Party of Canada (NLPC) was the Canadian branch of the international Natural Law Party founded in 1992 by a group of educators, business...

Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena...

concept of natural law, the Romans conceived of jus gentium as being universal. However, in contrast to modern international law, the Roman law of nations...

the 18th century and was based on the first principles of natural law, civil law, and the law of nations. General jurisprudence can be divided into categories...

philosophy, the natural order is the moral source from which natural law seeks to derive its authority. Natural order encompasses the natural relations of...

name derives from the verb to posit. The concept of positive law is distinct from natural law, which comprises inherent rights, conferred not by act of legislation...

and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property...

rational nature. Thus, to be valid, any law must conform to natural law and coercing people to conform to that law is morally acceptable. In the 1760s, William...

In English law, natural justice is technical terminology for the rule against bias (nemo iudex in causa sua) and the right to a fair hearing (audi alteram...

nature, while others are slaves solely by law or convention. In his work, the Politics, Aristotle describes a natural slave as "anyone who, while being human...

resistance to tyranny and often tyrannicide—one of the implications of the natural law focus of the School of Salamanca. John Calvin believed something similar...

about poetry as a starting point for a defense of objective value and natural law. Lewis goes on to warn readers about the consequences of doing away with...

doctrinal strains such as natural law, codification, and legal positivism. The Napoleonic Code is the most widespread system of law in the world, in force...

human rights discourse was the concept of natural rights, which first appeared as part of the medieval natural law tradition and developed in new directions...

'contrary to the natural law.' Natural law theory has medieval origins in the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, especially in his Treatise on law. In late 20th...

An unjust law is no law at all (Latin: lex iniusta non est lex) is an expression in support of natural law, acknowledging that authority is not legitimate...

their environment. This includes environmental regulations; laws governing management of natural resources, such as forests, minerals, or fisheries; and related...

Chartier has discussed natural law approaches to land reform and to the occupation of factories by workers. He objects on natural law grounds to intellectual...

develop a modern approach of natural law. For Leonardus Lessius, natural law ensue from the rationnal nature and the natural state of everything : That...