Concept

An unjust law is no law at all

Overview

Latin legal maxim

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Philosophers who discussed An unjust law is no law at all

• Lon L. Fuller

Related ideas

• Ṛta
• John Finnis
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Augustine of Hippo
• Thomas Aquinas
• Natural law
• Problem of evil
• Summa Theologica
• Indian philosophy
• Civil disobedience
• Henry David Thoreau
• Political legitimacy
• Legal maxim

Place in the tradition

Part of Jurisprudence.

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