The concept of procedural justice may date back to the principle of natural justice in Britain, and the principle of due process of law in the United States. 程序正义观念始于英国的自然公正原则,发展于美国的正当法律程序原则。
The internal morality of law, also known as procedural natural law refers to the rules for the formulation, execution and interpretation of law and basic requirements which make law possible for governing the behavior of human. 法律的内在道德又称为程序自然法,是指法律在制定、适用、解释等程序方面的原则,是使法律这一以规则治理人类行为的事业成为可能的基本要求。