Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-462) and index.
Contents:
Method and ethics in jurisprudence -- Natural law -- Morality and human good -- Justice -- The common good -- Natural rights, legal rights, human rights -- The culmination of natural law -- Legal authority, political authority, and moral authority -- Obligation and commitment -- Law and legality -- Unjust law and unjust laws -- International community, international law.
Summary:
Natural Law and Modern Society presents a new theory of natural law, grounded in the thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas, aimed at answering questions relevant to the ethics and morality of the theory of law, obligation and political authority; from the domestic realm to international community.
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