Roman law in the state of nature : the classical foundations of Hugo Grotius' natural law / Benjamin Straumann ; translated by Belinda Cooper.
"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 o...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Ideas in context.
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 257 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316143629 1316143627 9781316248645 131624864X 1107470161 9781107470163 1316254321 9781316254325 1316250539 9781316250532 1316252426 9781316252420 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9781316143629 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |