Aquinas on Unjust Laws
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Human law has the nature of law in so far as it partakes of right reason; and it is clear that, in this respect, it is derived from the eternal law. But in so far as it deviates from reason, it is called an unjust law, and has the nature, not of law but of violence. More
Thomas Aquinas. Summa Theologica. Trans. Fathers of the English Dominican Province. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2009. Print.
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