Natural Law Theory and its Applicability in India
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Antara Roy
Assistant Professor at Binoda Law College, Durgapur, West Bengal, India
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DOIhttps://doij.org/10.10000/IJLMH.116386
Abstract
With its roots in Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, the natural law tradition of morality and jurisprudence was refined and systematized by scholastic thinkers, most notably Thomas Aquinas, and is still relevant today. This essay concentrates on the core tradition of natural law theory, describing its fundamentals and paying special emphasis to its consequences for politics and the law, as well as its relationship to the social and behavioral sciences.
Keywords
Rights
natural law
Authority
Thomas Aquinas
civil disobedience
ethics
John Finnis
human nature
law
legal positivism
morality
obligation
rights
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