The Idea of Natural Rights, Natural Law and Church Law, 1150-1625

". . . a compelling historical account of natural rights. . . .That Tierney brings to his historical task a thorough acquaintance with major contemporary theories of moral and legal rights gives his work additional value for ethicists." - Religious Studies Review

". . . a tour de force of integration and learning. . . . It is a synthesis that will become the required starting point in all future efforts to write about the history of rights." - Studia canonica

About the author

The Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies Emeritus atCornell University. A world authority on Western historyand canon law, he has published a dozen books includingFoundations of the Conciliar Theory: The Contributionsof the Medieval Canonists from Gratian to the GreatSchism; Origins of Papal Infallibility, 1150-1350: AStudy on the Concepts of Infallibility, Sovereignty andTradition in the Middle Ages; Medieval Poor Law: ASketch of Canonical Theory and Its Application inEngland; and Religion, Law and the Growth ofConstitutional Thought, 1150-1650. "

Product details

• Authors: Emory University, Brian Tierney
• Publisher: Eerdmans wm b pub
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.10.2000
• EAN: 9780802848543
• ISBN: 978-0-8028-4854-3
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Emory University Studies in La; Emory University Studies in La
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works