Natural Law in Court: A History of Legal Theory in Practice

by R.H. Helmholz

The theory of natural law grounds human laws in the universal truths of God's creation. Until very recently, lawyers in the Western tradition studied natural law as part of their training, and the task of the judicial system was to put its tenets into concrete form, building an edifice of positive law on natural law's foundations. Although much has been written about natural law in theory, surprisingly little has been said about how it has shaped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674504585
• ISBN13: 9780674504585
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"