What do we mean by natural Justice? It is a process whereby
justice is served in a natrual way without any from of bias, under
careful analysis and thought and confirmation. The accused is given
the opportunity to explain himself and the law sees the issue from
all sides. In the most general sense, there are two kinds of
law—natural law and positive law. Natural law has been recognized
since the ancient world to be a general body of rules of right
conduct and justice common to all mankind. This concept grew from
the observation of the operation of the laws of nature and their
uniformity. Positive law, on the other hand, consists of
regulations formulated by the heads of a country or society.
Positive laws are meant to curb social problems and the justice
served out may not be worthy of the crime committed like e.g Death
Penalty for drugs ect and in many cases, becomes too harsh a
punishment.
Now let's talk about death penalty for the drug
trafficking in singapore. What went wrong?
While we have the technology and resources to stop the
flow of drugs into the country, why is there a need for the death
penalty?. Is it truly necessary? To act as a deterrent? It may do
so if there is no other means to control the problem but when
control measures are available, is there a necessity for such a
treatment as death penalty? In my opinion, the death penalty
is not a natural justice law as it convicts everyone without giving
a chance to explain their stance in circumstances where the
offender is a victim be used by others unknowingly to commit
crimes.
Natural Justice is the only universal and fair law that should
exist.
your description of positive law is wrong
although positive law is posited by humans and authority, that
does not mean they are devoid of any moral values, in fact they can
be more 'moral' than the so-called natural law
just had a module on philo, hehe, so just correct correct
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