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 transnational party founded in 1992 on "the principles of Transcendental Meditation", the laws of nature, and their application...

The Natural Law Party (NLP) is a political party in Michigan. It was a national political party in the United States, founded in 1992, affiliated with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

first principles of natural law, civil law, and the law of nations. Contemporary philosophy of law addresses problems internal to law and legal systems...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

law is distinct from natural law, which comprises inherent rights, conferred not by act of legislation but by "God, nature, or reason". Positive law is...

needed][citation needed] Judges don't rely on natural law, but rather legal positivism combined with general principles of law. They may rely on "the requirements...

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...

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. It developed in new directions...

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...

develop a modern approach of natural law. For Domingo de Soto, the theologian's task is to assess the moral foundations of civil law. That's how he criticized...

considered to be a natural law (a law whose content is set by nature and that therefore has validity everywhere) or positive law (law enacted or adopted...

the legal theory of Catholic canon law, but provides a model for natural law theories generally. Aquinas defines a law as "an ordinance of reason for the...

brutish and short". In the absence of political order and law, everyone would have unlimited natural freedoms, including the "right to all things" and thus...