| Preface | ix |
| Note on the Tex | x |
| Biblical Abbreviations | xi |
| Other Abbreviations | xii |
| Introduction | xiii |
| Works Cited by Aquinas | xxiv |
| Authors Cited by Aquinas | xxvi |
| ST I-II | 1 |
| Q. 90 | On the Essence of Law | 1 |
| A. 1. | Does Law Belong to Reason? | 1 |
| A. 2. | Is Law Always Ordained for the Common Good? | 2 |
| A. 3. | Is Any Person's Reason Competent to Make Law? | 4 |
| A. 4. | Is Promulgation an Essential Component of Law? | 5 |
| Q. 91 | On Different Kinds of Law | 7 |
| A. 1. | Is There an Eternal Law? | 7 |
| A. 2. | Is There a Natural Law in Us? | 8 |
| A. 3. | Are There Human Laws? | 9 |
| A. 4. | Did Human Beings Need a Divine Law? | 11 |
| A. 5. | Is There Only One Divine Law? | 13 |
| A. 6. | Is There a Law of Concupiscence? | 15 |
| Q. 92 | On the Effects of Law | 18 |
| A. 1. | Is the Effect of Law to Make Human Beings Good? | 18 |
| A. 2. | Do We Suitably Designate Legal Acts? | 20 |
| Q. 93 | On the Eternal Law | 22 |
| A. 1. | Is the Eternal Law a Supreme Plan in God? | 22 |
| A. 2. | Do All Know the Eternal Law? | 24 |
| A. 3. | Is Every Law Derived from the Eternal Law? | 25 |
| A. 4. | Are Necessary and Eternal Things Subject to the Eternal Law? | 27 |
| A. 5. | Are Contingent Natural Things Subject to the Eternal Law? | 28 |
| A. 6. | Are All Human Affairs Subject to the Eternal Law? | 30 |
| Q. 94 | On the Natural Law | 33 |
| A. 1. | Is the Natural Law a Habit? | 33 |
| A. 2. | Does the Natural Law Include Several Precepts or Only One? | 34 |
| A. 3. | Do All Virtuous Acts Belong to the Natural Law? | 37 |
| A. 4. | Is the Natural Law the Same for All Human Beings? | 38 |
| A. 5. | Can the Natural Law Vary? | 41 |
| A. 6. | Can the Natural Law Be Excised from the Hearts of Human Beings? | 42 |
| Q. 95 | On Human Law | 44 |
| A. 1. | Was It Beneficial That Human Beings Establish Laws? | 44 |
| A. 2. | Is Every Human Law Derived from the Natural Law? | 46 |
| A. 3. | Does Isidore Appropriately Describe the Characteristics of Positive Law? | 48 |
| A. 4. | Does Isidore Appropriately Designate Kinds of Human Law? | 49 |
| Q. 96 | On the Power of Human Laws | 52 |
| A. 1. | Should Human Laws Be Framed in Particular Rather Than General Terms? | 52 |
| A. 2. | Does It Belong to Human Laws to Prohibit All Vices? | 53 |
| A. 3. | Do Human Laws Command Every Virtuous Action? | 55 |
| A. 4. | Does Human Law Impose Obligation on Human Beings in the Court of Conscience? | 56 |
| A. 5. | Is Everyone Subject to the Law? | 58 |
| A. 6. | Are Those Subject to the Law Permitted to Act Contrary to the Letter of the Law? | 60 |
| Q. 97 | On Revision of Laws | 63 |
| A. 1. | Should Human Law Be Revised in Any Way? | 63 |
| A. 2. | Should Human Laws Always Be Revised for Something Better? | 64 |
| A. 3. | Can Customs Obtain the Force of Law? | 65 |
| A. 4. | Can the People's Rulers Dispense Subjects from Human Laws? | 67 |
| QQ. 98-108 | Note | 70 |
| Q. 100 | On the Moral Precepts of the Old Law | 70 |
| A. 1. | Do All the Moral Precepts of the Old Law Belong to the Natural Law? | 70 |
| A. 2. | Do the Moral Precepts of the Old Law Concern All Virtuous Acts? | 72 |
| A. 3. | Do We Trace All the Moral Precepts of the Old Law to the Ten Commandments? | 73 |
| A. 8. | Can Human Beings Be Dispensed from the Commandments of the Decalogue? | 75 |
| A. 9. | Does the Way of Virtue Fall under Command of the Law? | 78 |
| A. 10. | Does the Way of Charity Fall under Command of the Divine Law? | 80 |
| A. 11. | Do We Appropriately Mark Out Other Moral Precepts of the Law besides the Decalogue? | 82 |
| A. 12. | Did the Moral Precepts of the Old Law Make Human Beings Just? | 85 |
| Q. 105 | On the Reason for Precepts Governing the Administration of Justice | 88 |
| A. 1. | Did the Old Law Ordain Fitting Precepts Regarding Rulers? | 88 |
| Glossary | 92 |
| Select Bibliography | 97 |
| Index | 101 |
