Institutes of Divine Jurisprudence, with Selections from Foundations of the Law of Nature and Nations

by Christian Thomasius

Book Overview

Christian Thomasius's natural jurisprudence is essential to understanding the origins of the Enlightenment in Germany, where his importance was comparable to that of John Locke's in England.

First published in 1688, Thomasius's Institutiones jurisprudentiae divinae (Institutes of Divine Jurisprudence) attempted to draw a clear distinction between natural and revealed law and to emphasize that human reason was able to know...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865975191
• ISBN13: 9780865975194
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Liberty Fund
• Length: 690 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5