Hobbes and the Law

Informationen zum Autor David Dyzenhaus is Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Thomas Poole is Reader in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Klappentext A collection of essays devoted to the legal thought of Thomas Hobbes, arguably the greatest political philosopher to write in English. Zusammenfassung Written by specialists in law! history! philosophy and political theory! this collection of essays covers various aspects of Hobbes's legal thought. It will appeal to scholars and graduate students in these disciplines and to those working on the rule of law! security and liberty! political authority and the modern state. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction David Dyzenhaus and Thomas Poole; 2. The political jurisprudence of Thomas Hobbes Martin Loughlin; 3. The equal extent of natural and civil law Ross Harrison; 4. Thomas Hobbes and the common law Michael Lobban; 5. Hobbes on law and prerogative Thomas Poole; 6. Criminal law for humans Alice Ristroph; 7. Hobbes's relational theory: beneath power and consent Evan Fox-Decent; 8. Hobbes on civic liberty and the rule of law Lars Vinx; 9. Hobbes on equity Dennis Klimchuk; 10. Hobbes on the authority of law David Dyzenhaus; 11. Hobbes and the civil law: the use of Roman law in Hobbes's civil science Daniel Lee.

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• Authors: David Dyzenhaus, David (University of Toronto) Poole Dyzenhaus, David Poole Dyzenhaus
• Assisted by: David Dyzenhaus (Editor), David (University of Toronto) Dyzenhaus (Editor), Dyzenhaus David (Editor), Thomas Poole (Editor), Thomas (London School of Economics and Political Science) Poole (Editor), Poole Thomas (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2014
• EAN: 9781107470910
• ISBN: 978-1-107-47091-0
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; Law, LAW / Jurisprudence, Political science & theory, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law