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11 Sep Living the Natural Law in an Age of Natural Rights

Posted at 00:01h in Standard Articles by Douglas Kries
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The natural law has much to contribute to our rights-focused political discourse. Three strategies can help those committed to the natural law to bring this contribution to bear in our time. ...

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04 Sep Do We Need a Natural Law Theory of the State?

Posted at 00:01h in Standard Articles by Lee Ward
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Is natural law equipped to ground a normative theory of the liberal democratic state in this era of the great struggle between globalization and its opponents?...

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28 Aug Natural Justice and the Amistad

Posted at 05:50h in Standard Articles by Justin Dyer
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John Quincy Adams’ oral argument in the Amistad case is notable for its explicit appeal to the authority of the Declaration of Independence and to the practical political relevance of “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”...

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