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In the disharmony of authorised chatter, how can you know what is right? J. Budziszewski provides the clear, brief, as well as unsentimental key to the convention which is often abandoned in law propagandize though was once the substructure of authorised preparation as well as is currently enjoying the renaissance: the Natural Law. At the base of this convention is the thought which the legislative decrees of governments rely upon the aloft law for their management – the law tellurian beings find rsther than than enact, though whose foundational beliefs you “can’t not know.”… More >>
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This book will be of little use to lawyers. It gives a basic rehash of natural law’s history and fundamental assertions, largely from an orthodox Catholic position that is not deeply explored or challenged. The last two chapters, which potentially deal with applications, are mostly useless to practicing lawyers. The result is an amateurish mishmash that looks to have been hastily thrown together; only those who are really ignorant about natural law will profit much from reading it.
There is certainly room in the field for a really good, searching study of the modern survival of natural law and its relevance to the practice of law today. Unfortunately, this book does not meet the need.
Despite the profound influence of natural law theory on the origins and development of American law — not to mention its contemporary relevance as the most serious contender to legal positivism — few law students are exposed to it in any sustained way. Natural Law for Lawyers delivers exactly what they need. The book is highly compact, explicating the most important themes and developments in natural law thinking in less than 150 pages. It is highly readable, bringing complex issues to life in bold, lively prose. And it is at once scholarly and delightfully provocative. This book is indispensable, not only for the Catholic wanting to understand his own tradition, but for any law student who wishes to complete his legal education.