Author: D. M. Armstrong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107142318
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 183

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This book is D. M. Armstrong's influential defense of his original theory of what a law of nature is.

Author: Richard Cumberland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 824

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Author: Robert Greene
Publisher: Robert Greene
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 73

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SUMMARY: This book is If you’ve ever wondered about human behavior, wonder no more. In The Laws of Human Nature, Greene takes a look at 18 laws that reveal who we are and why we do the things we do. Humans are complex beings, but Greene uses these laws to strip human nature down to its bare bones. Every law that he presents is supported by a real-life historical account, with an insightful twist to drive the point home. As you read the book, don’t be surprised if you get the feeling that everyone you know, including yourself, is described in the book! DISCLAIMER: This is an UNOFFICIAL summary and not the original book. It is designed to record all the key points of the original book.

Author: Marc Lange
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019974503X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 277

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What distinguishes laws of nature from ordinary facts? What are the "lawmakers": the facts in virtue of which the laws are laws? How can laws be necessary, yet contingent? Lange provocatively argues that laws are distinguished by their necessity, which is grounded in primitive subjunctive facts, while also providing a non-technical and accessible survey of the field.

Author: Jonathan Crowe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108498302
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 275

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Presents a systematic, contemporary defence of the natural law outlook in ethics, politics and jurisprudence.

Author: Perez Zagorin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691139806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191

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Zagorin clears up numerous misconceptions about Hobbes and his relation to earlier natural law thinkers, in particular Hugo Grotius, and he reasserts the often overlooked role of the Hobbesian law of nature as a moral standard from which even sovereign power is not immune. Because Hobbes is commonly thought to be primarily a theorist of sovereignty, political absolutism, and unitary state power, the significance of his moral philosophy is often underestimated and widely assumed to depend entirely on individual self-interest. Zagorin reveals Hobbes's originality as a moral philosopher and his importance as a thinker who subverted and transformed the idea of natural law."--Pub. desc.

Author: R. H. Helmholz
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674504615
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 285

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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 legal practice. Natural Law in Court asks how lawyers and judges made and interpreted natural law arguments in England, Europe, and the United States, from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the American Civil War. R. H. Helmholz sees a remarkable consistency in how English, Continental, and early American jurisprudence understood and applied natural law in cases ranging from family law and inheritance to criminal and commercial law. Despite differences in their judicial systems, natural law was treated across the board as the source of positive law, not its rival. The idea that no person should be condemned without a day in court, or that penalties should be proportional to the crime committed, or that self-preservation confers the right to protect oneself against attacks are valuable legal rules that originate in natural law. From a historical perspective, Helmholz concludes, natural law has advanced the cause of justice.

Author: Stephen Mumford
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134386516
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 249

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This book outlines a major new theory of natural laws and addresses questions currently being debated by metaphysicians.

Author: Simon P. Kennedy
Publisher: Edinburgh Studies in Comparative Political Theory and Intellectual History
ISBN: 9781474493994
Category : Natural law
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Uncovers the relationship between early modern natural law ideas and secular conceptions of politics.

Author: Tal GOLAN
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674037693
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Tal Golan charts the use of expert testimony in British and American courtrooms from the 18th century to the present day. He assesses the standing of the expert witness, which has in recent years declined amid courtroom drama and media jeering.