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Just and unjust laws : According to Dr . Martin Luther King Jr . . . . Should it not be so that a judge decides what laws are just and what laws are unjust
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What are 'unjust laws'?
unjust laws means laws that are not just,unfair,cruel or bad laws.The existence of law is a must , but it also must be just and humane,man made law,should never turn into bad laws,inglorious or unjust law.when and where law turn glorious or bad.
What are unjust laws today?
As St. Augustine said 'an unjust law is not law at all.' In other words, an unjust law would be a law, that takes away ones freedom, or causes harm, or basically just causes chaos. Which is the exact opposite of what a law is put in place to do. ---------------- (From "Why We Can't Wait" Letter from the Birmingham Jail - by Martin Luther King Jr.) A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. ... Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. ... An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself. By the same token, a just law is a code that a majority compels a minority to follow and that it is willing to follow itself. This is difference made legal. Let me give another example. A law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law. ... Can any law enacted under such circumstances be considered democratically structured? Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application. For instance, I have been arrested on a charge of parading without a permit. Now, there is nothing wrong in having an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade. But such an ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest.
What is the meaning of unjust?
Unjust law is a phrase used to describe a group or someone of power who enforces a law but does not obey the law themselves. An example would be a police officer who speeds for no reason or does not use their seatbelt.
Who said an unjust law is no law?
St Augustine
What philosopher said an unjust law is no law at all?
St. Augustine
Is it illegal to break a law?
Yes, it is. Any law, no matter how just or unjust, is held to be legally enforceable. To break one, even for good reasons, is illegal.
Acorrding to martin Luther king jr it is morally right to disobey what kind of laws?
According to King, it is morally right to disobey Unjust Laws. He says, "Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust."
Is a peaceful way to object to a law considered unjust.?
no
Is a peaceful way to object to a law considered unjust?
no
Does Procopius Buildings suggest that Justinian is a just or unjust ruler?
Unjust
What was Gandhi's response to unjust laws?
"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so." The general meaning of this quotation being that a law that is placed on unfair terms is a type of violence and the arrest for it is even more unjust.
What are some examples of parallelism in letter from Birmingham jail?
"One has not only legal but moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."and... "Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust."These are not the only two within the letter, but just the two I saw first.
