恶法非法论

The Theory of Evil-law-is-no-law

恶法非法论是自然法学派的一项著名的理论。自古希腊至近当代,自然法学家始终坚定地认为,法有自然法与实在法之分。实在法如果违背自然法的要求,就是恶法,而恶法不是法律。恶法非法论从法哲学的高度论证了人民拥有反抗暴政的权力,是一种激进的、革命的理论。公民反抗恶法的基本方式是公民不服从,它是一种公开的、非暴力的群体性抗法行为,其目的是为了改变或废除所反对的法律。任何一个正义的社会,都应该承认公民不服从的正当性。

The theory of evil-law-is-no-law is one of the most well-known theories of natural law school.From Ancient Greece to modern and contemporary times,the natural law jurists have always been insisting that law should be divided into natural law and positive law.Positive law will be evil law if it goes against the requirement of natural law and evil law is not legal.Since 19th century,this theory has been challenged by the theory of evil-law-is-still-law from analytical jurisprudence.Analytical jurists believe that a law which is morally unjust,even evil is still legally valid as long as it is not expressly repealed.The theory of evil-law-is-no-law which demonstrates that people have the power to resist tyranny on the height of legal philosophy is a radical and revolutionary theory.The basic form for people to resist evil law is civil disobedience which is an open and non-violent group anti-law behavior on the purpose of altering or abolishing the evil law.Any just society should acknowledge the legitimacy of civil disobedience.