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单词 natural law
释义

natural law

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noun

a principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.
Compare positive law.

Origin of natural law

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Words nearby natural law

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Example sentences from the Web for natural law

  • When the natural-law foundation of enforcing promises crumbled, the metaphysical jurists sought to provide a new one.

    An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law|Roscoe Pound

British Dictionary definitions for natural law

natural law

noun

an ethical belief or system of beliefs supposed to be inherent in human nature and discoverable by reason rather than revelation
a nonlogically necessary truth; law of natureSee also nomological (def. 2)
the philosophical doctrine that the authority of the legal system or of certain laws derives from their justifiability by reason, and indeed that a legal system which cannot be so justified has no authority
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for natural law

natural law

The doctrine that human affairs should be governed by ethical principles that are part of the very nature of things and that can be understood by reason. The first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence contain a clear statement of the doctrine.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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