The Political Writings of Samuel Pufendorf

The Political Writings of Samuel Pufendorf

Author: Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 0195065603

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Samuel Pufendorf's significance has long been understood by students of natural law, who remember him as the architect and systematizer of the modern natural law tradition begun by Grotius. His reputation has grown as scholars have begun to explore his influence on the Enlightenment, classical liberalism, and modern jurisprudence. Demonstrating how it is possible to live with political authority and why it is not possible to live well without it, Pufendorf's political philosophy remains most pertinent for anyone who wonders about the ethical legitimacy and practical necessity of the modern state. The Political Writings of Samuel Pufendorf presents the basic arguments and fundamental themes of the political and moral thought of Samuel Pufendorf with selections from the texts of his two major works, Elements of Universal Jurisprudence and The Law of Nature and of Nations. These two works have been brought together to make Pufendorf's moral and political thought more accessible with a new English translation, the first for both works in roughly sixty years. In this volume, Craig L. Carr, the editor, and Michael J. Seidler, the translator, have developed a volume that is comprehensive and representative of Pufendorf's thought without being repetitive, fragmented, or obscure. Contemporary students of politics and philosophy can find in Pufendorf an alternative to liberal individualism built upon a distinctive vision of human sociality.


Enemies of Mankind

Enemies of Mankind

Author: Walter Rech

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2013-06-28

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9004254358

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In Enemies of Mankind Walter Rech offers a contextual history of the collective security doctrine articulated by Swiss international lawyer Emer de Vattel (1714-67) in the authoritative treatise Droit des gens of 1758.


New Keynesian Economics / Post Keynesian Alternatives

New Keynesian Economics / Post Keynesian Alternatives

Author: Roy Rotheim

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2013-03-07

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1134804768

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The New Keynesian Economics has been the most significant development in economics in recent years. Does it actually build upon Keynes' work? In this volume, leading post Keynesian economists challenge New Keynesianism both on the grounds that it is not Keynesian, and does not provide an adequate account of our current economic problems.


Equity and International Law

Equity and International Law

Author: Christopher R. Rossi

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-11-27

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 9004634061

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When a claimant demands an interpretation of a right in international law that goes beyond existing conventional, statutory or customary norms, proceedings enter the uncharted area of equity in international law. This original book tackles this complex subject with precision and authority. Evaluating past applications of equity, it contributes to improving the record of judicial performance in controversies for which equity is alleged to be relevant. Any decisionmaker confronted with a claim to apply equity will benefit greatly from this book. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.


Understanding Moral Obligation

Understanding Moral Obligation

Author: Robert Stern

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-12-15

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1139505017

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In many histories of modern ethics, Kant is supposed to have ushered in an anti-realist or constructivist turn by holding that unless we ourselves 'author' or lay down moral norms and values for ourselves, our autonomy as agents will be threatened. In this book, Robert Stern challenges the cogency of this 'argument from autonomy', and claims that Kant never subscribed to it. Rather, it is not value realism but the apparent obligatoriness of morality that really poses a challenge to our autonomy: how can this be accounted for without taking away our freedom? The debate the book focuses on therefore concerns whether this obligatoriness should be located in ourselves (Kant), in others (Hegel) or in God (Kierkegaard). Stern traces the historical dialectic that drove the development of these respective theories, and clearly and sympathetically considers their merits and disadvantages; he concludes by arguing that the choice between them remains open.


The Labour Theory of Value

The Labour Theory of Value

Author: Peter C. Dooley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-05-24

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1134335261

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Exploring the origins and development of the labour theory of value, Peter Dooley examines its emergence from the natural law philosopher of the sixteenth and seventeenth century and its domination of the classical school of economics. This book will prove to be essential reading for all students of the history of economics.