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'''Natural law''' or the [[law]] of [[nature]] ([[Latin]]: lex naturalis) is a [[theory]] that posits the [[existence]] of a law whose [[content]] is set by nature and that therefore has validity [[Omnipresence|everywhere]].[1] The phrase natural law is opposed to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_law positive law] (which is man-made) of a given [[political]] [[community]], [[society]], or nation-[[state]], and thus can [[function]] as a [[standard]] by which to [[criticize]] that law.[2] In natural law jurisprudence, on the other hand, the content of positive law cannot be known without some [[reference]] to the natural law (or something like it). Used in this way, natural law can be invoked to criticize [[decisions]] about the statutes, but less so to criticize the law itself. Some use natural law synonymously with natural [[justice]] or natural right (Latin ius naturale), although most contemporary political and legal [[theorists]] separate the two.

'''Natural law''' or the [[law]] of [[nature]] ([[Latin]]: lex naturalis) is a [[theory]] that posits the [[existence]] of a law whose [[content]] is set by nature and that therefore has validity [[Omnipresence|everywhere]].[1] The phrase natural law is opposed to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_law positive law] (which is man-made) of a given [[political]] [[community]], [[society]], or nation-[[state]], and thus can [[function]] as a [[standard]] by which to [[criticize]] that law.[2] In natural law jurisprudence, on the other hand, the content of positive law cannot be known without some [[reference]] to the natural law (or something like it). Used in this way, natural law can be invoked to criticize [[decisions]] about the statutes, but less so to criticize the law itself. Some use natural law synonymously with natural [[justice]] or natural right (Latin ius naturale), although most contemporary political and legal [[theorists]] separate the two.

Natural law theories have exercised a [[profound]] [[influence]] on the development of [[English]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law],[3] and have featured greatly in the philosophies of [[Thomas Aquinas]], Francisco Suárez, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker Richard Hooker], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes Thomas Hobbes], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Grotius Hugo Grotius], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_von_Pufendorf Samuel von Pufendorf], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke John Locke] and Emmerich de Vattel.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law]

Natural law theories have exercised a [[profound]] [[influence]] on the development of [[English]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law],[3] and have featured greatly in the philosophies of [[Thomas Aquinas]], Francisco Suárez, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker Richard Hooker], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hobbes Thomas Hobbes], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Grotius Hugo Grotius], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_von_Pufendorf Samuel von Pufendorf], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke John Locke] and Emmerich de Vattel.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law]

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Natural Law''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Law/TeaM this link].</center>

<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Natural Law''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Law/TeaM this link].</center>

==External links==

==External links==

*Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

*Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:

**[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-law-ethics/ The Natural Law Tradition in Ethics], by Mark Murphy, 2002.

**[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-law-ethics/ The Natural Law Tradition in Ethics], by Mark Murphy, 2002.

**[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aquinas-moral-political/ Aquinas' Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy], by John Finnis, 2005.

**[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aquinas-moral-political/ Aquinas' Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy], by John Finnis, 2005.

**[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-law-theories/ Natural Law Theories], by John Finnis, 2007.

**[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/natural-law-theories/ Natural Law Theories], by John Finnis, 2007.

*[http://www.newadvent.org/summa/2094.htm Aquinas on natural law]

*[https://www.newadvent.org/summa/2094.htm Aquinas on natural law]

*[http://www.rsrevision.com/Alevel/ethics/natural_law/index.htm Natural Law explained, evaluated and applied] A clear introduction to Natural Law

*[https://www.rsrevision.com/Alevel/ethics/natural_law/index.htm Natural Law explained, evaluated and applied] A clear introduction to Natural Law

*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09076a.htm ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' "Natural Law"]

*[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09076a.htm ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' "Natural Law"]

*[http://www.iep.utm.edu/n/natlaw.htm Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Entry 'Natural Law' by Kenneth Einar Himma]

*[https://www.iep.utm.edu/n/natlaw.htm Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Entry 'Natural Law' by Kenneth Einar Himma]

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