Every Law Has a God
There is no such thing as neutral law.
Behind every legal system stands an ultimate authority—someone or something with the power to define what is right, what is wrong, and what justice requires. The real question is not whether society will impose a moral order, but whose moral order it will be.
In In Your Justice, Notre Dame law professor Edward J. Murphy develops the foundations of a God-centered view of law and applies it to some of the most consequential issues of modern life: abortion, marriage and family, parental authority, and education.
Drawing from Scripture, Christian theology, legal history, and jurisprudence, Murphy argues that when man rejects God as the source of law, he does not eliminate religion from public life. He simply places ultimate authority somewhere else—in the individual, the majority, the courts, or the state.
Concise yet far-reaching, In Your Justice challenges the myth of secular neutrality and brings every question of law and justice back to the question beneath them all:
Who has the right to rule?