Early Modern Natural Law Theories: Context and Strategies in the Early Enlightenment

by P. Schroder and T. Hochstrasser

Book Overview

The study of natural law theories in the early Enlightenment continues to be one of the most fruitful areas of research in early modern intellectual history. In recent years there have been substantial reassessments of Grotius, Pufendorf, Thomasius 1 and the whole university-based tradition associated with the Fr haujkl rung. The appeal of the discourse of natural jurisprudence to groups and individuals operating outside conventional educational and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402015690
• ISBN13: 9781402015694
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.2" x 9.2"