Unjust Law

Any law that goes beyond protecting our individual rights is an unjust law and should not be obeyed.In other words, laws should never violate people's rights to life, liberty and property. Laws should exist for the sole purpose of protecting life, liberty and property.We are born with these rights whether government exists or not. In fact, we form government so we can, as a collective force, protect these rights.
I would agree with St.Augustine, “an unjust law is no law at all.” An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: "an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.” There is no doubt that laws are made for a reason and the laws of a society reflect the values of that society because of tradition, necessity, and expectation. But occasionally there will be a law, which is unjust and wrong though not for everyone,but for a group of people. If the law contradicts with their high morals or religion, i believe it is right for them to protest against it in a reasonable way.
For example, it is a fact , that in some countries government is and has been very corrupt. Just few people are very rich, majority of the public is very poor. Lets take Pakistan as an example: "Government has imposed high taxes on people, which actually is a burden on middle class and poor people.Instead of using the tax money for public welfare bureaucrats are wasting that money on their personal luxuries. To make matters worse, government has imposed a new law of additional sales tax recently to meet the deadline of (International Monetary Fund) IMF’s debt payment. Majority of the money that was given by IMF was used by the government officials to fill up their own pockets. Now they have burdened the common people of Pakistan for paying the debt. The public is protesting against the new sales tax and the businesses in the country are shut down. Majority of the rich and influential community have bribed their way out of this mess and the middle class and the poor community is now fighting to keep their hard earned money from the government’s hand. Because of these unjust laws the corruption is getting worse day by day. People have no choice other then commit robberies and use unjust means to survive to make their both ends meet.. Therefore, in this situation, I think it is right to protest against that type of unjust law.
But it is not right to disobey an unjust law for just personal convenience. People should look at the alternatives, weigh them against what their personal beliefs are, and then make a judgment based on their individual moral values.