Matthew Hale: On the Law of Nature, Reason, and Common Law - Selected Jurisprudential Writings

Informationen zum Autor Gerald J. Postema has taught philosophy and law at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1980. He held visiting posts at Cambridge University, the University of Athens, the Australian National University, Yale University, and the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the European University Institute and of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He has written extensively on the common-law tradition, contemporary legal philosophy, and on topics in legal, political, and moral philosophy. Klappentext Gerald Postema presents the collected writings on legal, political, and moral theory of a key thinker of the 17th century, Sir Matthew Hale. Hale develops a unique and sophisticated account of the nature and foundations of common law, with extended reflections on natural law, moral and legal reasoning, and the legal limits of political authority. Zusammenfassung Gerald Postema presents the collected writings on legal, political, and moral theory of a key thinker of the 17th century, Sir Matthew Hale. Hale develops a unique and sophisticated account of the nature and foundations of common law, with extended reflections on natural law, moral and legal reasoning, and the legal limits of political authority. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editor's Introduction I: Treatise of the Nature of Laws in General and touching the Law of Nature II: The History of the Common Law of England III: Preface to Rolle's Abridgment IV: Considerations touching the Amendment or Alteration of Laws V: Reflections on Mr Hobbes his Dialogue of the Laws VI: Prerogatives of the King VII: Jurisdiction of the Lords House or Parliament

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• Authors: Gerald J. Postema, Gerald J. (Professor of Philosophy and La Postema
• Assisted by: Gerald J Postema (Editor), Gerald J. Postema (Editor), Gerald J. (Professor of Philosophy and Law Postema (Editor), Postema Gerald J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9780199234929
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923492-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, LAW / Jurisprudence, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law