| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 257 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ideas in context
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Ideas in context.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Roman Law in the State of Nature offers a new interpretation of the foundations of Hugo Grotius' natural law theory. Surveying the significance of texts from classical antiquity, Benjamin Straumann argues that certain classical texts, namely Roman law and a specifically Ciceronian brand of Stoicism, were particularly influential for Grotius in the construction of his theory of natural law. The book asserts that Grotius, a humanist steeped in Roman law, had many reasons to employ Roman tradition and explains how Cicero's ethics and Roman law - secular and offering a doctrine of the freedom of the high seas - were ideally suited to provide the rules for Grotius' state of nature. This fascinating new study offers historians, classicists and political theorists a fresh account of the historical background of the development of natural rights, natural law and of international legal norms as they emerged in seventeenth-century early modern Europe"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. Natural law in historical context -- 2. A novel doctrine of the sources of law: nature and the classics -- 3. Proving natural law: the influence of classical rhetoric on Grotius' method -- 4. Social instinct or self-preservation? -- 5. Justice for the state of nature: from Aristotle to the Corpus Iuris -- 6. Grotius' concept of the state of nature -- 7. Natural rights: Roman remedies in the state of nature -- 8. Natural rights and just wars -- 9. Enforcing natural law: the right to punish -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.
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Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645. |
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Natural law -- History.
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Natural law. |
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History. |
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Roman law -- Influence.
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Roman law -- Influence. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Straumann, Benjamin. Roman law in the state of nature 9781107092907 (DLC) 2014032228 (OCoLC)886881545 |
| ISBN |
9781316143629 (electronic book) |
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1316143627 (electronic book) |
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9781316248645 (electronic book) |
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131624864X (electronic book) |
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9781107092907 (hardback) |
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1107092906 (hardback) |
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1107470161 |
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9781107470163 |
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1316254321 |
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9781316254325 |
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1316250539 |
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9781316250532 |
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1316252426 |
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9781316252420 |
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