In the 1960s during the Civil Rights movement, people would frequently protest laws that permitted segregation based upon race by peacefully refusing to obey them.For example, Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a Montgomery bus.Many such protesters justified their disobedience based upon the belief that the segregation laws were immoral and unfair.They believed that arbitrary classifications based upon immutable traits, such as race, should not be respected as law because the government has a moral duty to treat all persons equally and fairly whatever their race.Which jurisprudential school of thought is reflected in such beliefs?

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The beliefs of the protesters reflect the principles of natural law, which holds that there is a higher moral law that governments should follow and that any law that is inconsistent with this moral law is unjust and should not be obeyed.

In the 1960s During the Civil Rights Movement, People Would