Unjust Unions.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 43, 31 July 1891, Page 11

Unjust Unions.

There are times, no doubt, when it is right that the law should interfere to prevent association ; as when men join together for purposes which are evidently bad, unjust, or dangerous to the State. In such cases the public authority may justly forbid the formation of associations, and may dissolve them when they already exist. But every precaution should be taken not to violate the rights of individuals and not to make unreasonable regulations under the pretence of public benefit. For laws only bind when they are in accordance with right reason, and therefore with the eternal law of God.||