A Topic of Moral Theology
The Force of Civil Law in the Matter of Justice
The Force of Civil Law in the Matter of Justice, as treated in Noldin (Book Sixth. On the Seventh Precept of the Decalogue).
The works themselves ask 1 question under this heading — see them together with their answers.
In the index as Civil law · Contract, obligation
In the manuals
Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Preliminary Question. On the Force of Civil Law in the Matter of Justice, nn. 355 & 356 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading The divisions of law — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Prümmer, Manuale Theologiae Moralis · Merkelbach, Summa Theologiae Moralis · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology · Billuart, Summa Summae — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)