Benjamin Straumann

Roman Law in the State of Nature

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new interpretation of the foundations of Hugo Grotius' highly influential doctrine of natural law and natural rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9781107092907
• ISBN-10: 1107092906
• Artikelnr.: 41855313

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Straumann is Alberico Gentili Fellow at New York University School of Law. He is the editor, with Benedict Kingsbury, of Alberico Gentili's The Wars of the Romans: A Critical Edition and Translation of De armis Romanis (2011). With Nehal Bhuta and Anthony Pagden, Straumann edits the new series in the History and Theory of International Law for Oxford University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Natural law in historical context
2. A novel doctrine of the sources of law: nature and the classics
3. Proving natural law: the influence of classical rhetoric on Grotius' method
4. Social instinct or self-preservation?
5. Justice for the state of nature: from Aristotle to the Corpus Iuris
6. Grotius' concept of the state of nature
7. Natural rights: Roman remedies in the state of nature
8. Natural rights and just wars
9. Enforcing natural law: the right to punish
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index.