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natural law

system of law that is purportedly determined by nature, and is thus universal
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natural law
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Summary

natural law ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,024 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: type of law[2]
  • Part of: Q24879313[3]
  • Said to be the same as: Q25481959[4]
  • Opposite of: positive law[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Natural law[6]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8]
  • Partially coincident with: principle[9], covenant world[10]
  • Different from: scientific law[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[12]
  • P14541: 4juUs[13]

Why It Matters

natural law has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

law

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Épico · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → type of law
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: type of law"
  2. 7w ago · ທິງ຺ອຣ຺ທິລິອມ຺ປູລຸ · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → principle, covenant world
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Partially coincident with: covenant world"
  3. 9w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Subclass of: law"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4juUs
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → natural-law
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: natural-law, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951978|natural law (#289951978)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  6. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 3620
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 3620, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107285804|law of nature (#107285804)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Cl"
  7. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0274002-prirozene-pravo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0274002-prirozene-pravo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  8. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → scientific law
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → type of law
    Aliases → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 10928, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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