St. Augustine
- Jurist
- St. Augustine
- School
- Natural Law
- Theory
- **Theological Natural Law**: Augustine posited that human law (Lex Temporalis) must conform to eternal law (Lex Aeterna) and natural law (Lex Naturalis). If a human law violates divine or natural law, it lacks moral validity and is not binding.
- Quote
An unjust law is no law at all (lex iniusta non est lex).
- Books
De Civitate Dei (The City of God), Confessions
- Propounded
Lex iniusta non est lex (An unjust law is no law at all), Lex Aeterna (Eternal Law)
- Born
- 354
- Died
- 430
- Portrait
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