LawPage

Notes and Articles for Law students

User Tools

Site Tools


legal_language:lex_iniusta_non_est_lex

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Next revision
Previous revision
legal_language:lex_iniusta_non_est_lex [2021/05/25 18:20]
LawPage ↷ Page moved from legal_language:lex_iniusta_non_est_lex to legal_language:ambiguitas-verborum:lex_iniusta_non_est_lex
legal_language:lex_iniusta_non_est_lex [2021/05/25 19:22] (current)
LawPage ↷ Page moved from legal_language:ambiguitas-verborum:lex_iniusta_non_est_lex to legal_language:lex_iniusta_non_est_lex
Line 1: Line 1:
 +====== Lex iniusta non est lex ======
 +
 +English: **An unjust law is no law at all** //(legal maxim)//
 +
 +Originating with St. Augustine,the motto was used by St. Thomas Aquinas and quoted by Martin Luther King Jr.during the **Civil Rights Movement** to describe **racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans**.
 +
 +Lex injusta non est lex is a maxim which is often referred to as being a natural law approach to understanding the law. 
 +