The Architecture of Law: Rebuilding Law in the Classical Tradition

by Brian M. McCall

Book Overview

This book argues that classical natural law jurisprudence provides a superior answer to the questions "What is law?" and "How should law be made?" rather than those provided by legal positivism and "new" natural law theories.

What is law? How should law be made? Using St. Thomas Aquinas's analogy of God as an architect, Brian McCall argues that classical natural law jurisprudence provides an answer to these questions far superior to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268103348
• ISBN13: 9780268103347
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"