Abstract
This essay is a contribution to a symposium on Professor Sean Coyle's new book "Natural Law and Modern Society" (Oxford University Press, 2024). In this essay, I will try and zoom in on parts of Coyle’s treatise-chapters X and XI-that are relevant to questions about the judicial role and, in particular, legal interpretation. More specifically, I want to connect Coyle’s work to my own area of focus in constitutional theory, and to debates about how best to adapt classical natural law thought to questions of constitutional adjudication and interpretation. I anticipate that my comments will testify to the sheer richness of Coyle's work as, although his book does not directly engage with long-standing debates in constitutional theory, his arguments on the nature and point of law nonetheless holds important insights for them.