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Whi l emar c hi ngandpr ot es t i ngar ec ons t i t ut i onalr i ght s ,nooneev erhast her i ghtt o br eakt hel aw.St at ewhet hery ouagr eeordi s agr eewi t ht hi sst at ementandwhy .I ny our answeraddr es sSt .Augus t i ne' sbel i eft hatl awsc anbeunj us t .

Whi l eev er y onei sundert her ul eofl awandi ti snotanybody ’ scons t i t ut i onalr i ghtt o br eakt hel aw,Ibel i ev eev er y onehast her i ghtaswel lasanobl i gat i onundermor all aw t obr eakhumanl awst hatar eunj us t . Mor all awsar eas etofuni v er s alr ul esasr egar dst owhati sr i ghtorwr ong.Ev ent hough l egall awsc onf or mt omor all awsi nmos tcas es,l i k ei nt hei l l egal i t yoft hef tandmur der , t her ear ecas eswher el egall awsdev i at ef r om mor all aws uc hast hel awsofs l av er yt hat ex i st edbef or e. St .Augus t i nebel i ev edt hatt her ear emanmadel awst hatar eunj us t .T os t ar tf r om t he defini t i onofj us tl aws ,j us tl awsar el awst hatar eder i v edf r om mor alandet er nall aw whi c hmak est hem i nher ent l ygood.Theyar eequal l yandpr opor t i onal l ydes i gnedf ort he c ommongood.AsMar t i nLut herKi ngs t at edi nhi sl et t er ,j us tl awsupl i f tt hehuman per s onal i t y ,ar eagai ns ts epar at i onandar enoti nfl i c t edont hemi nor i t y .Hence, ac cor di ngt oSt .Augus t i ne,St .Aqui nas ,andMar t i nLut herKi ng,anyl aws t at i ngt he oppos i t eoft heaf or ement i onedc r i t er i oni sc ons i der edanunj ustl aw.

Lawsex i s tt opr ev ents oc i et yf r om goi ngi nt oas t at eofc ompl et echaos .Lawsex i s tt o guar ant eepeopl e’ ss af et y ,f r eedom,andac c es st oj us t i c e.I not herwor ds ,t her eas onf or t heex i s t enc eofl awsi st hewel l bei ngofs oc i et y .Howev er ,unj ustl awsgoagai nstt he v er ypur poseandnat ur eofl aws.Unj us tl awsv i ol at eours af et yandourf r eedom.For i ns t anc e,whenRos aPar k sr ef us edt ogi v eupherseat ,s hewasbr eak i ngt hel aw,buti f s hehadobey edt hatl aw,s hewoul dhav es ur r ender edherf r eedom andherhuman r i ght s .Bec aus eunj us tl awsopposeev er y t hi ngal aws t andsf or ,i ti spos s i bl et os ayt hat unj us tl awss houl dnotbet r eat edasl aws .Aspar tofas oc i et y ,Ibel i ev ewear ebounded bymor all awst odi s obeyl awst hatar eunj us t .Ourac t i onsul t i mat el ydependonwhet her wegi v epr i or i t i est ol egall awsormor all aws ....