Rediscovering the Natural Law Russell Hittinger's "First Grace" Inspired by an Encyclical and a U.S. Abortion Decision TULSA, Oklahoma, SEPT. 12, 2003 (Zenit.org).- Recent Supreme Court decisions, the decline in public morality and an increase in rights rhetoric have prompted many legal scholars and philosophers to invoke the natural law. In his latest book, "The First Grace: Rediscovering the Natural Law in a Post-Christian World," (ISI Books), Russell Hittinger investigates the problem of the natural law and natural rights tradition dividing against itself. Hittinger is the Warren Chair of Catholic Studies and a research professor of law at the University...