TY - BOOK ID - 78490488 TI - Natural law in court : a history of legal theory in practice PY - 2015 SN - 0674504615 0674504593 9780674504592 9780674504585 0674504585 9780674504615 PB - Cambrige, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Natural law KW - Law KW - Courts. KW - Courts KW - Judiciary KW - Dispute resolution (Law) KW - Judicial districts KW - Procedure (Law) KW - Judicial power KW - Jurisdiction KW - Justice, Administration of KW - Legal education KW - Law of nature (Law) KW - Natural rights KW - Nature, Law of (Law) KW - Rights, Natural KW - History. KW - Philosophy. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Law and legislation KW - 241.3*2 KW - 241.3*2 Theologische ethiek: natuurwet KW - Theologische ethiek: natuurwet KW - History KW - Philosophy KW - Study and teaching KW - Droit naturel KW - Droit KW - Tribunaux. KW - Histoire. KW - Philosophie. KW - Étude et enseignement. KW - Étude et enseignement KW - Étude et enseignement UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78490488 AB - Natural-law theory grounds human laws in universal truths of God’s creation. The task of the judicial system was to build an edifice of positive law on natural law’s foundations. R. H. Helmholz shows how lawyers and judges made and interpreted natural law arguments in the West, and concludes that historically it has advanced the cause of justice. ER -