Unpacking Natural Law Jurisprudence

Unpacking Natural Law Jurisprudence

Professor Lee Strang answers basic questions and objections to a Natural Law jurisprudence. Is Natural Law theory innately religious? Does it account for precedent? Is a Natural Law approach even useful in a robust system of positive law?

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1 of 4: Can Natural Law Change When Human Nature Is Constant? [No. 86]

Professor Lee Strang explains that there are some ways that law remains constant but other ways in which the law must change. Natural law itself doesn’t change but the positive law that is premised on natural law principles adapts to changing circu ... Professor Lee Strang explains that there are some ways that law remains constant but other ways in which the law must change. Natural law itself doesn’t change but the positive law that is premised on natural law principles adapts to changing circumstances. Professor Strang discusses the example of landlord-tenant law. The common law structure has generally remained unchanged but the application and expectations of the laws have changed with the standard of modern living.

Lee J. Strang is the John W. Stoepler Professor of Law & Values at the University of Toledo College of Law.

As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.

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