Under Natural Law, to be valid, any law or court decision must agree with these 17 words. In one form or another, the 17 words go back at least 4,000 years, and are taught by all religions. I’ve never found an exception.
Made-up law is political. Whatever the lawmakers decide is right, or wrong, is right or wrong.
In democracies, the lawmaking privilege is owned by the majority. If the majority or their representatives decide to declare something right or wrong, then so be it. And, there is no limit to the laws the lawmakers can cook up. That’s why the federal government alone has 300,000 laws, and the average American commits three felonies per day. Felony means at least a year in prison.
’The more laws, the less justice,’ warned Roman lawyer Cicero, who died two years before the Republic did. ”
— Richard Maybury