Natural law

Abstract

The doctrine of natural law is represented by what philosophers and jurists have held since ancient times, that there is a higher law than man-made laws, and this idea expresses the human tendency to perfection, and it is not man-made, but rather it is eternal and fixed rules that God deposited in the universe and that the legislator is required to follow by imitation when enacting legislation. The idea of ​​natural law for the Greeks was a philosophical idea based on contemplation of the manifestations of social life and an attempt to reveal its nature. The Greek philosophers noticed the fixed system that the universe follows and all natural phenomena that exist in this universe are subject to.
The idea of ​​natural law among the Romans and churchmen in the Middle Ages was a legal and religious idea. The Stoicism was transmitted to the Romans, who were influenced by their doctrine based on individualism.