Roman Law in the State of Nature :
Straumann, Benjamin.
Roman Law in the State of Nature : The Classical Foundations of Hugo Grotius' Natural Law. - 1 online resource (288 pages) - Ideas in Context ; v.108. . - Ideas in Context. .
Cover -- Half title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- A note on texts and translations -- Introduction -- 1 Natural law in historical context -- 2 A novel doctrine of the sources of law: nature and the classics -- 3 The influence of classical rhetoric on Grotius' method -- 4 Social instinct or self-preservation? -- 5 Justice for the state of nature: from Aristotle to the Corpus iuris -- 6 Grotius' concept of the state of nature -- 7 Roman remedies in the state of nature -- 8 Natural rights and just wars -- 9 Enforcing natural law: the right to punish -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book offers a new interpretation of the foundations of Hugo Grotius' highly influential doctrine of natural law and natural rights.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781316250532
Grotius, Hugo, -- 1583-1645.
Natural law -- History.
Roman law -- Influence.
Electronic books.
340.112
Roman Law in the State of Nature : The Classical Foundations of Hugo Grotius' Natural Law. - 1 online resource (288 pages) - Ideas in Context ; v.108. . - Ideas in Context. .
Cover -- Half title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- A note on texts and translations -- Introduction -- 1 Natural law in historical context -- 2 A novel doctrine of the sources of law: nature and the classics -- 3 The influence of classical rhetoric on Grotius' method -- 4 Social instinct or self-preservation? -- 5 Justice for the state of nature: from Aristotle to the Corpus iuris -- 6 Grotius' concept of the state of nature -- 7 Roman remedies in the state of nature -- 8 Natural rights and just wars -- 9 Enforcing natural law: the right to punish -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book offers a new interpretation of the foundations of Hugo Grotius' highly influential doctrine of natural law and natural rights.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781316250532
Grotius, Hugo, -- 1583-1645.
Natural law -- History.
Roman law -- Influence.
Electronic books.
340.112