The Internal Morality of Law
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1970
ISSN
1467-9264
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
en-US
Abstract
The distinctive doctrine of Natural Law theory often seems to be that an unjust law is not a law at all. An unjust law is like counterfeit currency, which causes trouble because it so closely resembles and may be taken for the real thing. But unjust law is not genuine law. And thus it deserves no respect.
Recommended Citation
David B. Lyons,
The Internal Morality of Law
,
in
71
Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
105
(1970).
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