COURTHOUSE INFORMATION. The Humphreys County Courthouse was erected in Belzoni, MS in 1921. Humphreys County is located in the Mississippi Delta Region its county seat is Belzoni. The county is named for Benjamin G. Humphreys. The courthouse has served the citizens of Humphreys County since 1921 and is still operational to present date.
Natural Law. The term natural law is ambiguous. It refers to a type of moral theory, as well as to a type of legal theory, but the core claims of the two kinds of theory are logically independent. It does not refer to the laws of nature, the laws that science aims to describe.
Natural law is a philosophy that certain rights or values are inherent by virtue of human nature, and universally cognizable through human reason. Historically, natural law refers to the use of reason to analyze both social and personal human nature to deduce binding rules of moral behavior. The law of nature, being determined by nature, is universal. Although natural law is often conflated with common law, the two are distinct. Common law is not based on inherent rights, but is the legal tradition whereby certain rights or values are legally recognized by virtue of already having judicial recognition or articulation.