A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the l…

Martin Luther
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A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law. ✨ Letter from a Birmingham Jail, www.africa.upenn.edu. April 16, 1963.
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