Law is the science of what is good and just.

Explanation

Law is not mere command — it is the art of discerning what is good and equitable, and applying that discernment to human affairs.

Where this applies

• Someone argues that law is merely a tool of power rather than the pursuit of justice.
• A statute is challenged because it does not serve what is good and equitable.

See also

• 1.1.1 Natural law is that which holds the same force among all mankind.
• 1.4.1 Equity is a certain perfect reason which interprets and amends the written law, comprehended in no writing, but consisting in right reason alone.