The Law Above the Law: Why the Law Needs Biblical Foundations, How Legal Thought Supports Christian Truth, Including Greenleaf's Testimony of

by John Warwick Montgomery

Book Overview

We are well on the way to the fulfillment of this prophetic statement. When the level of public virtue falls, our interpretation of justice tends to modify downward. If, therefore, our only criterion... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871233290
• ISBN13: 9780871233295
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Any Higher Foundation for Justice?

No wonder our legal system is in shambles. When a society allows its legal system to be the tool of public opinion, this is the result.Montgomery shows how the common law flowed out of another foundation, God's revelation of right and wrong.For all intents and purposes, we've junked that, turning to creative legal interpretation, which writes the law rather than interprets whats legislated.