Can these other precepts become the subject-matter of law?
Yes.
Of what laws are they the subject-matter?
They are the subject-matter, properly speaking, of human laws (XCV.-XCVII.).
What is meant by human laws?
By human laws are meant those ordinations of reason made for the common good of this or that society of human beings, which are enacted and promulgated by the supreme authority of every society (XCVI. 1).
Must these ordinations be obeyed by all who belong to this society?
Yes (XCVI. 5).
Is there here entailed a duty of conscience that binds before God?
Yes (XCVI. 4).
Are there certain cases in which one is not obliged to obey?
Yes, there can be certain cases in which one is not obliged to obey (XCVI. 4).
What are these cases in which one is not obliged to obey?
In the case of impossibility, or in the case of dispensation (XCVI. 4).
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