Coll. Cambridge Companions to Law, 468 pages

Présentation de l'éditeur

This collection provides an intellectually rigorous and accessible overview of key topics in contemporary natural law jurisprudence, an influential yet frequently misunderstood branch of legal philosophy. It fills a gap in the existing literature by bringing together leading international experts on natural law theory to provide perspectives on some of the most pressing issues pertaining to the nature and moral foundations of law. Themes covered include the history of the natural law tradition, the natural law account of practical reason, normativity and ethics, natural law approaches to legal obligation and authority and constitutional law. Creating a dialogue between leading figures in natural law thought, the Companion is an ideal introduction to the main commitments of natural law jurisprudence, whilst also offering a concise summary of developments in current scholarship for more advanced readers.

George Duke, Deakin University, Victoria

Robert P. George, Princeton University, New Jersey

Contributors : George Duke, Robert P. George, John Finnis, Knud Haakonssen, Jonathan Crowe, Christopher Tollefsen,Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco, Thomas Pink, Jacqueline Laing, N. E. Simmonds, Mark Greenberg, Robert Alexy, Mark C. Murphy, Gerard V. Bradley, Kristen Rundle

Sommaire

1. Introduction, George Duke and Robert P. George

Part I. Foundations

2. Aquinas and natural law jurisprudence, John Finnis

3. Natural law, God and human dignity, Robert P. George

4. Early modern natural law theories, Knud Haakonssen

5. Metaphysical foundations of natural law theories, Jonathan Crowe

Part II. Practical Reason, Normativity and Ethics

6. Natural law, basic goods, and practical reason, Christopher Tollefsen

7. Practical reason in the context of law, Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco

8. Hume, virtue and natural law, Thomas Pink

9. Natural law reasoning in applied ethics, Jacqueline Laing

Part III. Law and Politics

10. Law as an idea we live, N. E. Simmonds

11. The moral impact theory, the dependence view, and natural law, Mark Greenberg

12. The ideal dimension of law, Robert Alexy

13. Two unhappy dilemmas for natural law jurisprudence, Mark C. Murphy

14. The common good, George Duke

15. Natural law theory and constitutionalism, Gerard V. Bradley

16. Opening the doors of inquiry: Lon Fuller and the natural law tradition, Kristen Rundle