Charles Rice, a professor of the jurisprudence of Saint Thomas Aquinas for the last twenty years at Notre Dame Law School, presents a very readable book on the natural law as seen through the teachings of Aquinas and their foundations in reason and revelation. Reflecting on the most persistent questions asked by his students over the years, Rice shows how the natural law works and how it is rooted in the nature of the human person whose Creator provided this law as a sure and knowable guide for man to achieve his end of eternal happiness.

This book presents the teachings of the Catholic Church in her role as arbiter of the applications of the natural law on issues involving the right to live, bioethics, the family and the economy. Charles Rice has produced a firmly grounded and accessible handbook which touches on the most important topics regarding natural law that will benefit readers of all backgrounds.

"From the editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence comes a clear, well-crafted exposition of a natural law jurisprudence and its relevance for a society that seems to have lost its moral compass."
- Jude Dougherty
Dean, School of Philosophy, Catholic University of America

"I heartily endorse Professor Rice's book. This is just what we need today. It presents the answers to current day questions on why we should talk about natural law and why it is essential for today's jurisprudence. This is necessary for an understanding of the precarious directions of judicial decisions in our time."
- Fr. Michael J. Scanlon, T.O.R.
President, Franciscan University of Steubenville