2/13 276.) Writing of laws that are unjust either in respect to end, author or form, St.Thomas says: "Such proceedings are rather acts of violence than laws; because St. 292.) "The fundamental idea of all law," writes Balmez, "is that it be in accordance with reason, that it be an emanation from reason, an application of reason to society" (_European Civilisation_, Chap. 53). |