Natural Law: An Introduction to Legal Philosophy |
Contents
Foreword | 5 |
A Universal System of Laws 17 1 33 | 17 |
A Rational Foundation of Ethics | 33 |
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Aquinas assertion basic norm century chapter character of law Christian Cicero command conceived contrast Corpus Iuris Corpus Iuris Civilis Declaration Decretum Gratiani definition differential characters divine doctrine of natural essence of law ethics existence expression external fact foundation Grotius Hegel Hooker idea ideal law individual institutions interpretation ius civile ius gentium ius naturale jurist justice Justinian Kant Kelsen law and morals law of nature law-giver lawyers legal and political legal experience legal order legal philosophy legal positivism medieval modern jurisprudence modern legal natural law thinking natural rights Nominalist notion of law notion of natural particular political theory political thought positive jurisprudence positive law possible precepts principles problem rational reason Roman law Sir Frederick Pollock social and political social contract sovereignty stressed Summa Theol system of laws theorists theory of law theory of natural Thomist Ulpian ultimate universal validity values voluntarist words writers