by natural law
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But it does seem that rights, relationships, values and even notions of what is meant by natural law have all been redefined by mankind for a good long while.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2011
Creation science "is not science because it depends upon supernatural intervention, which is not guided by natural law."
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, only 41 years old in 1900, proposed a scientific basis for the notion that progress was gradual but inevitable, ordained by natural law.
From Time Magazine Archive
What he means by natural law and what uses he would put it to as a life-tenured Supreme Court Justice are not clear.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Roman jurists acknowledged all persons originally free by natural law; and, while they recognized slavery, ascribed the power of masters entirely to the law and custom of nations.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
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