Gebundenes Buch

Matthew Hale: On the Law of Nature, Reason, and Common Law

Selected Jurisprudential Writings

Herausgeber: Postema, Gerald J

Beschreibung

Gerald Postema presents the collected writings on legal, political, and moral theory of a key thinker of the 17th century, Sir Matthew Hale. Hale develops a unique and sophisticated account of the nature and foundations of common law, with extended reflections on natural law, moral and legal reasoning, and the legal limits of political authority.

Autor

Gerald J. Postema has taught philosophy and law at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1980. He held visiting posts at Cambridge University, the University of Athens, the Australian National University, Yale University, and the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Fellow of the European University Institute and of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He has written extensively on the common-law tradition, contemporary legal philosophy, and on topics in legal, political, and moral philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 168mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780199234929
• ISBN-10: 0199234922
• Artikelnr.: 54535790