A Methodical System of Universal Law |
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Author:
| Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb |
Editor:
| Ahnert, Thomas Schröder, Peter |
Series title: | Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-61487-808-7 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2008 |
Publisher: | Liberty Fund, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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George Turnbull's eighteenth-century translation of A Methodical System of Universal Law was his major effort to convey continental natural law to Britain, thus making Heineccius's natural jurisprudence more accessible to English-speaking audiences. Turnbull includes extensive comments on Heineccius's text and also presents his own philosophical work, A Discourse upon the Nature and Origin of Moral and Civil Laws.
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681-1741) studied theology...
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George Turnbull's eighteenth-century translation of A Methodical System of Universal Law was his major effort to convey continental natural law to Britain, thus making Heineccius's natural jurisprudence more accessible to English-speaking audiences. Turnbull includes extensive comments on Heineccius's text and also presents his own philosophical work, A Discourse upon the Nature and Origin of Moral and Civil Laws.
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681-1741) studied theology at Leipzig and later law at the newly founded (1694) University of Halle, where he became a pupil of Christian Thomasius.
Thomas Ahnert is a Lecturer in History at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Peter Schröder is Senior Lecturer in the History Department at University College, London.
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