Limiting Leviathan C

by Larry May

Book Overview

Thomas Hobbes wrote extensively about law and was strongly influenced by developments and debates among lawyers of his day. And Hobbes is considered by many commentators to be one of the first legal positivists. Yet there is no book in English that focuses on Hobbes's legal philosophy. Indeed, Hobbes's own book length treatment of law, A Dialogue Between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England, has also not received much commentary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199682798
• ISBN13: 9780199682799
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"