Roman law in the state of nature : the classical foundations of Hugo Grotius' natural law /
Roman Law in the State of Nature offers a new interpretation of the foundations of Hugo Grotius' natural law theory. Surveying the significance of texts from classical antiquity, Benjamin Straumann argues that certain classical texts, namely Roman law and a specifically Ciceronian brand of Stoi...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Ideas in context.
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Table of Contents:
- Natural law in historical context
- A novel doctrine of the sources of law : nature and the classics
- The influence of classical rhetoric on Grotius' method
- Social instinct or self-preservation?
- Justice for the state of nature : from Aristotle to the Corpus Iuris
- Grotius' concept of the state of nature
- Roman remedies in the state of nature
- Natural rights and just wars
- Enforcing natural law : the right to punish.
