The Journal of Natural Law

Issues

The Journal of Natural Law is published twice a year, in Fall and Spring. The full text of every issue is hosted on Project MUSE. The current issue appears first, with archived issues below.

Detail from the Aberdeen Bestiary: animals drawn toward the panther while the dragon recoils, on a gold ground.
There is an animal called the panther, multi-coloured, very beautiful and extremely gentle. Physiologus says of it, that it has only the dragon as an enemy. When it has fed and is full, it hides in its den and sleeps. After three days it awakes from its sleep and gives a great roar, and from its mouth comes a very sweet odour, as if it were a mixture of every perfume. When other animals hear its voice, they follow wherever it goes, because of the sweetness of its scent. Only the dragon, hearing its voice, is seized by fear and flees into the caves beneath the earth. There, unable to bear the scent, it grows numbed within itself and remains motionless, as if dead.
Current Issue
Volume 2, Number 1 · Spring 2026
Debate · The New Natural Law
  • A Case for New Natural LawMelissa Moschella · University of Notre Dame
  • A Case against New Natural LawRobert C. Koons · University of Texas at Austin
  • A Response to Robert C. KoonsMelissa Moschella
  • A Response to Melissa MoschellaRobert C. Koons
Article
  • The Natural Law in Reformed Protestant ScholasticismRandall J. Price · Southern Methodist University
Comments · on The Natural Law in Reformed Protestant Scholasticism
  • Do Reformed Protestants and Catholics Agree about Natural Law? A Reply to PriceJ. Caleb Clanton · Lipscomb University
  • Turretin and Divine Command EthicsJanine Marie Idziak · Loras College
Book Reviews · edited by Matthew K. Minerd
  • Reviews of recent work on natural lawincluding Richard Berquist, Wojciech Golubiewski, and F. Russell Hittinger
Read the full issue on Project MUSE
Past Issue
Volume 1, Number 1 · Fall 2025
Editor’s Introduction
  • Editor’s IntroductionBrian Besong · Saint Francis University
Articles
  • The Strict Account of Intention and Vital Conflict CasesChristopher Tollefsen · University of South Carolina
Comments · on The Strict Account of Intention and Vital Conflict Cases
  • On the ZookeeperAlexander R. Pruss · Baylor University
  • A Metaphysician’s Take on Strict vs. Narrow Conceptions of IntentionRobert C. Koons · University of Texas at Austin
  • Self-Defense and New Natural Law TheoryLawrence Masek · Ohio Dominican University
  • The Despotism of Descriptions: Tollefsen’s Ultra-Strict Account of IntentionPhilip A. Reed · Canisius University
Article
  • At the Cradle of Consequentialism: Scholastic Contributions 1630s–1650sRudolf Schuessler · University of Bayreuth
Comments · on At the Cradle of Consequentialism
  • Response to SchuesslerAaron Garrett · Boston University
Book Symposium · Kevin Vallier, All the Kingdoms of the World
  • Remarks on All the Kingdoms of the WorldAlan Fimister · St. John Vianney Theological Seminary
  • Defending IntegralismBrian Besong and Tyler Dalton McNabb · Saint Francis University
  • How Free Are the Baptized? A Response to Kevin VallierJoshua Madden · Holy Apostles College & Seminary
  • Integralism Is Infeasible and Immoral: A Reply to My CriticsKevin Vallier · University of Toledo
Book Reviews · edited by Matthew K. Minerd
  • Reviews of recent work on natural lawincluding Stephen Boulter, Petar Popović, and Andrew Forsyth
Read the full issue on Project MUSE