Unjust Laws Essay

breaking an “unjust law” against political demonstrations. He faced a charge of parading without a permit. The protest challenged racial segregation practiced by the city’s government of Birmingham and by retailers in the city. Within the letter Martin had written, he argues that himself and his fellow demonstrators have an unspoken duty to fight for justice. King is an avid advocator for staying obedient to the law. However, for the very first time, he had decided to disobey an unjust law. He defines

To quote Henry David Thoreau, “Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress at once?”(p.p.184) Unfortunately, we have reached an impasse to this noble stance. On one hand, it is indeed right to stand up against unjust laws, but on the other hand, such opposition is no longer possible. Modern society has demonstrated time and time again that injustices are standard, and worse yet, completely acceptable

Shamash the god of justice commanded him to make these laws. Then his laws were carved into large stone’s called steles, written in the ancient cuneiform written, and then put up throughout all major communities of Babylonia. However, these ancient laws were not fair for everyone in his kingdom. Hammurabi’s Code was unjust because the laws pertaining to family life, property law, and personal injury were unfair. To begin with, the family laws in Hammurabi’s code are usually pretty unfair in the way

certain laws can be passed that are unethical. Sometimes it is necessary to deliberately break the law in order to stand against and change these unjust laws that oppress human rights. Nelson Mandela and Rosa Parks are two prime examples of individuals who helped in the fight to repeal unjust laws. When the established constructs of a society’s government oppress a group of people, it is the duty of the individuals to take action against these immoral laws. Generally, people may break the law for various

The Jim Crow laws were everything but fair, and equal. Jim Crow is the name they used in the laws on separating the African Americans from the Caucasian men and women. These laws deprived African Americans from their civil rights because of the many things they were not allowed to experience due to these laws. Jim Crow laws oppressed the educational rights, voting rights, and social freedoms of American citizens, this essay will be discussing the oppression of these rights and freedoms. One example

of laws on twelve stones, called stele, for all of his kingdom to see. These laws are commonly known as Hammurabi’s Code. There was quite an importance to these laws not only because the king wrote them but instead that the king was told to write them by the god of justice, Shamash. The laws were created to protect the weak and the poor, not just the upper class. It is a very debatable controversy among those today whether the code was just or unjust. If one looks across the categories of law- family

national and from unjust to just. That a free society inevitably spawns disobedience is well settled, since having the choice to disobey is part of being free, but the effect and the role that disobedience plays in a free society have been extensively debated. Some argue that disobedience is anathema to a free society because it leads to only more disobedience and suffering, while others argue that disobedience

argues that an “an unjust law is no law at all.” (Aquinas in Dimock, ed., 2002, p.19) However, Aquinas also acknowledges that a human lawgiver may promulgate a command that has the form of law, and is enforced like a law, yet is unjust. This observation leads to the realization that these are two inconsistent claims. Yet Aquinas believes that these inconstancies can be reconciled. In Aquinas’ view an unjust law is not a law but yet is also able to be issued as law and imposed as law. Throughout the

understanding of just and unjust laws. Therefore king is very conscientious when he addresses the issue of obeying laws, I agree with his assertion of just and unjust laws, because you have to understand what laws do not conflict with God given rights for them to be morally correct. From here on King’s assertions on just and unjust laws create a mindset where you tend to agree. His explanation showed that he had no problem following laws but when laws are used

Convicted For Living? Do we have an obligation to obey any law, no matter how unjust or evil, provided only that it is in fact a valid rule of the legal system in which we happen to be physically located? In the following composition, I am going to examine the answer to this question in accordance to what Socrates believes. The best way to understand this almost “WWSD” (What Would Socrates Do) approach is by looking at Socrates' actions in the three Platonic dialogues we have read. These dialogues