This book shows how political argument in terms of rights and natural rights began in medieval Europe, and how the theory of natural rights was developed in the seventeenth century after a period of neglect in the Renaissance. Dr Tuck provides a new understanding of the importance of Jean Gerson in
Natural rights theories : their origin and development
โ Scribed by Tuck, Richard
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 96
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
The first rights theory --
The Renaissance --
Hugo Grotius --
John Selden --
Selden's followers --
Thomas Hobbes --
The radical theory --
The recovery and repudiation of Grotius.
โฆ Subjects
Natural law History Droit naturel Histoire Geschichte Naturrecht Theorie 1400 1700
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