‘Justice is such an elusive concept that it hardly seems worthwhile for a legal system to strive to achieve it’.

Justice is something that we all want from a Law and believe should be an integral part in any legal system. However, the meaning of Justice is very difficult to define. The logical extension of this view is that the Legal rules of a country can be broken if they do not conform to moral Laws, a view that was favoured by St. Thomas Aquinas. This theory of Natural Law can be contrasted with Positivism. Natural lawyers conflict with positivist thinkers who believe that if the Law is made according to correct procedure, then it should be followed however much it conflicts with morality. Positivists like Kelsen argue that Law and morality are entirely separate concepts, and believes that justice is abstract, therefore it is has no concept in Law. Kelsen also argued that the concept of justice is too vague to be defined and that even if law is immoral, it still should be followed. Austin’s view stems from the positivist argument that Law is Law because of sovereignty and procedures. Professor Hart also considers law and morality to be separate. He believed that Law should be based on logical ideas that produce correct decisions from the rules.