Handbook of the History of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy - Volume 1: From Plato to Rousseau

This Handbook discusses representative philosophers in the history of the philosophy of law and social philosophy, giving clear concise expert definitions and explanations of key personalities and their ideas. It provides an essential reference for experts and newcomers alike. 

List of contents

Abelard, Peter.- Al-Ghazali (Abu Hamid al-Ghazali).- Alighieri, Dante.- Al-Kindi (Abu Yusuf Yaqub b. Ishaq al-Kindi).- Althusius, Johannes.- Aquinas, Thomas.- Aristotle's Legal and Social Philosophy.- Augustine of Hippo.- Avicenna (Ibn Sina; Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina).- Bartolus.- Bodin, Jean.- Bracton, Henry de.- Calvin, John (Jehan).- Campanella, Tommaso.- Casas, Bartolomé de Las.- Cicero, Marcus Tullius.- Confucius.- Cusa, Nicholas of.- Duns Scotus, Ioannis.- Fortescue, John.- Grotius, Hugo.- Harrington, James.- Hobbes, Thomas.- Hume and Law.- Hutcheson, Francis.- John of Salisbury.- Laozi.- Locke, John.- Luther, Martin.- Machiavelli, Niccolò.- Marsilius of Padua.- Montaigne, Michel de.- Montesquieu.- More, Thomas.- Ockham, William.- Pascal, Blaise.- Pico della Mirandola.- Plato.- Polybius.- Ptolemy of Lucca.- Pufendorf, Samuel.- Quesnay, François (Méré 1694 - Versailles 1774).- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques: Law.- Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury).- Spinoza, Baruch.- Suárez, Francisco (1548-1617).- Thomasius, Christian.- Ubaldis, Baldus de.- Vico, Giambattista.- Voltaire.

Product details

• Assisted by: Stephan Kirste (Editor), Mortimer Sellers (Editor), Gianfrancesco Zanetti (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2024
• EAN: 9783031195440
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3119544-0
• No. of pages: 387
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 21 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 604 g
• Illustrations: X, 387 p.
• Series: Studies in the History of Law and Justice
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries