Natural Law: What It Is and Why We Need It

Charles E. Rice, attorney, is on the faculty of the Notre Dame Law School where he is a specialist in constitutional law and jurisprudence. From 1970-1995 Professor Rice was coeditor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence. He previously lived in New York where he both practiced law and taught at New York University and Fordham University. He is the author of Fifty Questions on the Natural Law: What It Is and Why We Need It.

Course Number 010
6 Lectures, approx. 1 hour each

  1. Enlightenment Jurisprudence and the "Culture of Death"
  2. The Reasoned Foundations of the Natural Law
  3. Revelational Foundations of the Natural Law
  4. How Does the Natural Law Work?
  5. Natural Law as a Basis for Good Laws and a Protection Against Unjust Laws
  6. The Natural Law as Incorporated into the Teaching of Christ by the Magisterium


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