Natural Law Republicanism - Cicero''s Liberal Legacy

Tracing the development of this intellectual tradition from Cicero's original articulation through the American Founding, Natural Law Republicanism explores how our modern political ideas remain dependent on the legacy of one of Rome's great philosopher-statesmen.

List of contents

• Introduction: The Dream of a Republic


• Chapter 1: Cicero: Natural Law and Republican Liberty


• Chapter 2: Machiavelli's Commonwealth Without Justice


• Chapter 3: Two Ciceronian Traditions in the Aftermath of Machiavelli


• a. Part 1: Modern Natural Law: Grotius and Pufendorf


• b. Part 2: An English Commonwealth


• c. Part 3: An Abortive Convergence


• Chapter 4: Locke's Ciceronian Liberalism


• Chapter 5: Adams, Wilson, and the American Res Publica


• Chapter 6: Epilogue

About the author

Michael C. Hawley is Managing Director of Duke University's Program in American Values and Institutions.

Summary

Tracing the development of this intellectual tradition from Cicero's original articulation through the American Founding, Natural Law Republicanism explores how our modern political ideas remain dependent on the legacy of one of Rome's great philosopher-statesmen.

Additional text

A valuable contribution ... Natural Law Republicanism asks us to look more deeply into the tensions uncovered by Cicero's combination of liberty, popular sovereignty, and natural law.

Product details

• Authors: Michael C. Hawley, Michael C. (Managing Director of Duke Univ Hawley, Michael C. (Managing Director of Duke University's Program in American Values and Institutions. Hawley
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780197582336
• ISBN: 978-0-19-758233-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History, HISTORY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, c 1500 onwards to present day, Archaeology, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy