Since America's founding, natural law principles play a critical role in the development of rights and human dignity. Commencing with the notion that rights are

Since America’s founding, natural law principles play a critical role in the development of rights and human dignity. Commencing with the notion that rights a

In Section 1, I outline the history of natural law theory, covering Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and Aquinas. In Section 2, I explore two alternative traditions

Based on 20 years of research, including an examination of the papers of eight of the nine Justices who voted in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, Abuse of Discret