Just Law - Religion

• Good or Just Law - Protects and Promotes the true freedom of a community and it's individual members.
• Characteristics of Just law:

  *A just law is an ordinance of reason - A good law must be reasonable

  *A just law must be decreed by competent authority - Only legitimate authority has the power to create and implement laws.

  *A just law is properly promulgated - Must be clearly communicated to all people concerned.

  *A just law ought to be for the sake of the common good.
• Different Laws:

  -Natural Law

  -Divine Law

  -Church Laws

  -Civil Laws
• Natural Law - The universal law grounded on our human nature.
• Divine Law - Laws that are revealed by God in the bible and the scriptures.
• Church Laws - Expressions of Christ's laws of love in the particular christian living.
• Civil Laws - Laws enacted by the government, which governs the society.
• Civil Laws - Are human-made decrees that are binding to all citizens of a nation.