Law, Positive Divine, definition, 328; necessity, 328 c; differs from Natural Law in certain respects, 329; natural and supernatural commandments, 330; division of, 331; in state of original innocence, 331 a; in law of nature, 331 b; Mosaic Law, 332 sqq.; Christian Law, 346 sqq.
Lawgivers, in the Church, 423-424.
Laws, Administration of, see Judge.
Laws, Ceremonial, of Old Testament, 340 sqq., See also Law. Mosaic.
Laws, Ecclesiastical, in a wide sense, 514 sqq.; precepts, 519; rescripts, 520; privileges, 521-523; dispensations, 524.
Laws, Human, 370 sqq.; definition, 370; divisions, 371; qualities, 372; should not prescribe what is too difficult, 372; obligation, 375; necessity, 375; when unjust, 376; obedience to unjust laws not obligatory, 377; degrees of obligation, 373 sqq.; interpretation, 385-386; epieikeia, 385; those subject to law, 387-388; change of, 389; constitutional law, 390; effects of custom on law, 391; dispensation from, 401 sqq. See also Law, Civil.
Laws of New Testament, 7.
Laws of the First and Second Tables, 338. See also Decalogue.
Lawyer, general duties, 1995; qualifications, 1996; duties in introducing case, 1997, obligation in charity towards persons in distress, 1998-99; duty when cause is unjust, 2000; duties when justice of cause is doubtful, 2001; duty when he discovers case is really unjust, 2003; duties towards client, 2004; duties toward other parties, 2005; concealment of truth in presenting case, 2006; sinfulness of introducing false or corrupted documents, 2007; when bound to restitution, 2008.
Laxism, see Systems, Moral.