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

Autor

Gerald J. Postema

Editura

Oxford University Press

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

320

ISBN

9780199234929

Categorii

Business Legislatie Si Drept Drept General Jurisprudenta

Descriere

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.