The master’s thesis discusses the question of whether we can come to the content of an absolute justice in the law. The thesis is composed of the three parts. In the first part, I present some theories of the natural law and then, their criticism by the rational-scientific legal positivism represented by Hans Kelsen. According to this approach on the content of justice, it is not possible to say anything which would be absolutely true. The justice the human mind can reach is relative. Absolute justice, however, is an unreachable ideal. In the second part, I discuss Gustav Radbruch who comprehends the idea of the law in the justice. According to him, the legal safety has the advantage over the justice. However, the intolerant unjust law must withdraw before the justice. In the third part, I seek the path to understanding of the content of the justice. When seeking just, we help ourselves with the principles of justice and the sense of justice. However, the content of justice we reach is relative. In the final analysis, I go and seek at least the minimum of justice in the law and I find it in the fundamental human rights and the general principles of the international law. These are the natural law in the positive law. In a way, we can also speak about the absoluteness, as – according to the Radbruch’s formula – the law which interferes severely into them can be denied the validity, in the extreme case, even the nature of the law.
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