Changes of State - Nature and the Limits of the City in Early Modern Natural Law

About the author

Annabel S. Brett is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She is the author of Liberty, Right, and Nature and a new translation of Marsilius of Padua's Defender of the Peace.

Summary

Deals with the theory of the city or commonwealth, what would come to be called the state, in early modern natural law discourse. This book takes an approach by looking at this political entity from the perspective of its boundaries and those who crossed them.

Product details

• Authors: Annabel S. Brett, Brett Annabel S.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2014
• EAN: 9780691162416
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16241-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Europe, European History, LAW / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Political science and theory, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law