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natural law
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natural law
n.
A law or body of laws that derives from nature and is believed to be binding upon human actions apart from or in conjunction with laws established by human authority.
natural law
n
1. (Philosophy) an ethical belief or system of beliefs supposed to be inherent in human nature and discoverable by reason rather than revelation
2. (Philosophy) a nonlogically necessary truth; law of nature See also nomological [2]
3. (Philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that the authority of the legal system or of certain laws derives from their justifiability by reason, and indeed that a legal system which cannot be so justified has no authority
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Noun1.natural law - a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
law
concept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
divine law - a law that is believed to come directly from God
principle - a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"
sound law - a law describing sound changes in the history of a language
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00 Hardcover Natural law and enlightenment classics K457 The Elementorum jurisprudentiae universalis libri II was Pufendorf's (1632-94) first published work, and ushered in not only his own career as a lecturer on natural law, but also the modern natural-law tradition in Germany.
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Natural law by George, Robert P. / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
In the English context, according to Lockey, Edmund Spenser's work elucidates the tensions between the common-law inheritance, which held that a people produced over time a body of law that best reflected, and therefore best served, their character, and natural-law doctrine, with its universal standards for civil and civilized behavior.
Law and Empire in English Renaissance Literature by Kanelos, Peter / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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