The Cambridge Companion to Pufendorf

Herausgeber: Haakonssen, Knud; Hunter, Ian

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comparable with Grotius, Hobbes and Locke, but presently less well known, Samuel Pufendorf was a master of political, juridical, historical and theological thought, notable for his account of the governance of multi-religious societies. This volume makes the full scope of his thought accessible for the first time in English.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Law
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9781108460149
• ISBN-10: 1108460143
• Artikelnr.: 66221060

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
System of references and abbreviations
1. Introduction: life, work and historical context Ian Hunter
2. Politics and the constitution of the Empire Joachim Whaley
3. Pufendorf's composite method Michael Seidler
4. The metaphysics of moral entities
5. Human nature, the state of nature and natural law Ian Hunter
6. Pacts, language and property Pärtel Piirimäe
7. Family and marriage Simone Zurbuchen
8. Pacts, sovereignty and forms of government Ian Hunter and Knud Haakonssen
9. The civil order: law, punishment, and social value Knud Haakonssen
10. The law of nations Mads Langballe Jensen
11. Polemics and controversies: regarding the Eris Scandica Fiammetta Palladini
12. State, church, toleration, reconciliation Walter Sparn
13. Political histories Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen
14. Receptions, contestations and confusions Knud Haakonssen
Bibliography.